Hi Alpine Ascents and MountainZone, this is Todd. We're up at high camp at 16,000 feet, it's about 5:30, 6 o'clock and we just had our dinner and are getting ready to go to bed.

We had a great hike today; we moved slow and easy so that we could maintain a good style and we're all set.

I've got George here who wants to say hello to a few people and I'll pass it on.

'This is George from Georgia and I'm with the Alpine Ascents team just getting ready to try for the summit in a few hours. I want to say hi to my friends and family in Atlanta. To Paige and Barry, to Audrey, to Stacy, to Paige again and she'll know why, to Donna, to Cedric and Stu and Bruce and Bill, and I hope you're all doing great. I can't wait to see you and I'll give you the whole story later.

Hi guys we're going to jump in our beds and get up at 11:30 tonight, put on all our battle gear for the mountain, head into the kitchen and get some tea and some boiled eggs and head up the mountain. So we'll probably be walking by 12:30, hope to be on the summit by 7 to 8 o'clock, somewhere in that world and then head on down to our high camp.

We'll go up about four-, well, three-and-a-half thousand feet above us right now and we'll descend down several thousand feet, maybe seven to eight thousand.

So it'll be a long day tomorrow and we'll let you know. This is Todd, out.

— Todd Burleson, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent