The team awoke this morning to the sight of massive lenticular cloud forming over the mountain at very high altitude and extreme high speed. This was not a good sight and as expected it eventually led to snowfall. The weather forecast was difficult to obtain from the FWOC as they were having difficulties with their data link to the Bracknell weather centre but eventually we managed to get the information we needed. It is going to snow until the 10th May and then it will probably stop snowing until 13th May.

On the mountain the team at Camp 2 had a rest day and carried out a 100% muster of everything at the Camp. This was essential for the review of progress which we were conducting at Base Camp and in helping us to decide our priorities for the next few days. We decided to give James Raitt's team the task of completing the inloading to Camp 3, which will probably only take another couple of days (weather permitting) and they are then to push on and establish Camp 4 which will take another couple of days. They will then need to return to Base Camp as they will be exhausted. There isn't actually much kit to go to Camp 4, apart from 3 tents, as it is unlikely that anyone will spend a full night there. People will transit through, stopping for a rest and drinks on the way to and from the summit.

This morning Steve Jackson, John Doyle, Ady Cole and Dave Pearce went on a small expedition to find the actual sight of Pache's Grave. Lieutenant Pache was killed by an avalanche on the 1905 expedition to Kangchenjunga (which included the notorious Brit Alastair Crowley) and is buried somewhere near the Base Camp, which is named after him. We searched high and low and asked all of the other expeditions if they have seen the grave but all in vain. We think it would be unreasonable to come all this way without at least paying our respects to Pache and making sure that his grave is in good condition. We will probably have to email George Band and ask his advice on where we might find it.

Tomorrow morning John Doyle's team will move up to Camp 1 for a couple of days and do a couple of load carries to Camp 2, to inload some items we identified as deficient, and will also go as far up as Camp 3 to familiarise themselves with the route in preparation for their summit bid in a week or so.