Just over eight hours of climbing in increasing clouds and low visibility, Lakpa Nuru shouted, "Summit!!" He was so excited! I turned around and asked, "Really? No way." I didn't expect it. Our pace seemed slow. He yelled it again - he knew, he'd been there four times before. I looked at my watch. It said 9:30am. All I could see was a mound of snow with a bunch of down suits on top about seventy feet from me. No view. How sad. But at the time, I DIDN'T CARE! [Photo by Hiro Kuraoka IMG_5354]
