Bud called this evening and told me he had to turn around about 2,000 feet from the summit.  He experienced some oxygen delivery problems, if I understood him correctly.  Additionally, the winds were still higher than ideal for a safe summit.

He will be returning to Base Camp and then home.  I am glad he is safe.  Now he will probably go through the coulda, shoulda, woulda’s.

Thank you for your support and for joining us in the 2009 Everest journey.  I expect that as soon as Bud is able to get to a computer, he will type a dispatch with more details of his summit bid. He should be home sometime next week.  I can’t wait to see him.  Maybe his next summit will be a little closer to home.  I’m thinking maybe Pine Mountain!
Terri