tried to summit on the 24th, but learned the hard way that if you don't train hard enough,you fail. I had summitted in 2003 with very little problem at age 47 in one day, so I thought at 50 whats the big deal? Well the mountain taught me a valuble lesson. with an overnite at outpost and a very large meal of that mountain house lasanga I very quickly became very ill. I don't know if it was the food or AMS, but there was no way I was going to attempt the summit the next morning. My wife the HERO actually had to help me down the mountain, I was that sick. but once down to portal,I was ok. The good news of this long story was that my son and three of his cousins were able to summit that day and will have that memory and bond forever
