Saturday, 9:30 pm local time (12:30 pm EST). The day was a long and steady one. As you have previously read, one of the memorable stories of yesterday was the successful summit of a lone Czech Republic climber, Libor Uher, via the Cesen Route. During his descent off the summit, it appears that American Team Leader Chris Warner offered to have Libor join the Americans for the descent.  This was done out of a concern for the Czech's exertion on the ascent, considering the absence of support, and with respect for his tremendous effort. Libor accepted and is now working as a team with the Americans. The Czech also benefited from shelter at Camp 4 within the American tent.

This morning, the Americans continued to descend with the Czech. As the afternoon continued, Chris continued to descend with Libor, at his pace, while Bruce and Don scouted down ahead. By mid-afternoon Chris and the Czech chose to settle for the night at Camp 3, radioing their safe arrival at around 3 pm local time. Bruce and Don chose to continue down, joined by three Italian climbers on the way, to Camp 2. As the sun was setting, they too successfully arrived at their camp for the night and radioed their arrival at 8:10 pm.

In both cases they will look forward to a well-deserved rest and hope to set out early tomorrow morning with sights set on ABC and BC.