Dick, Kame, Mingmar, Ngima and Pemba left camp about 8am heading up into the Ice Fall. It turned out that the Ice Fall Doctors had not finished the route up to Camp One yet. The route they had fixed so far was very nice and very safe; however, it seems that the National Park Service had instructed them to stop work on the route. This caused some confusion and dismay among the climbers. But many groups headed into the Ice Fall to get some altitude and experience maneuvering through the chunks of ice and over the ladders