(Note: The following is based on an e-mail report from Mike's wife following a satellite phone call from Mike.)
Things are starting to move again after the storms.
Mike and Brian weathered a storm at Camp 1. They wore their Gore-Tex jackets and headlamps and had their knives ready in case the tent collapsed so that they could cut out and move if needed. Luckily the wind and snow were not severe enough to require that. After that they moved back down to Base Camp.
Today everyone, including the Sherpas moved up to Camp 1. Mike said that the Germans had moved ahead today (not sure if to Camp 2 or 3) and that the Australians were at Camp 1 with them.
He said that everyone from our team is in good health and fully recovered from the earlier problems. He said that some had coughs, but nothing too bad. He also said that it was really hard to breath at these altitudes - Camp 1 is 19,000 feet.
Their plan is to climb up higher tomorrow, but come back to Camp 1 to sleep to get further acclimatize. After that they will move higher. They are planning to skip Camp 2 and move directly to Camp 3 when they move up because there is a high avalanche danger at the location for Camp 2. He then said that Camp 4 is a short day from Camp 3 and then they attempt the summit from Camp 4. If the weather stabilizes, they are looking at about 10 days to the summit.
When they are done, they are planning to take a helicopter out due to the unrest as a result of the Maoist situation.