Friday 10:40 am local time (1:40 am EST). Chris and Don radio in. Chris is with Bruce in the lead group with several Russians. They have just turned the corner on the traverse, taking on the task of fixing a series of three ropes on behalf of all the climbers. Fortunately, one of the Russians found an old, existing fixed line and this has helped to speed things up a bit. Don is about 60 meters behind, ascending another rope at the beginning of the traverse. He is with some Italian climbers and a Czech climber arriving from the Cesen Route. The Czech climber has with him an additional 40 meters of rope for fixing. Chris estimates that if all goes well with the rest of the fixing, the summit would be attained in about 4 hours.