Friday, 1:20 am local time (Thursday, 4:20 pm EST). The Shared Summits (a.k.a. American) Team has left for their summit bid. They are joined by, and working in concert with, five other teams. Also making summit bids are the Korean Men's Team, the Korean Women's Team, the Portuguese Team, the Italian Team, and the Russian Team. Each team is supporting the others in this truly international effort. We wish them all luck and a safe return.