It was an early departure from the comforts of basecamp as we rose at 3AM to climb through the icefall to Camp 1 with the Sherpas moving ahead of us to set up the camp. We arrived in good form and settled into Camp 1 to adjust to the altitude. The Sherpas continued on to Camp 2 carrying more of our equipment. Later that morning, the largest avalanche I’ve ever seen came off the face of Nuptse crashing down into the Western Cwm. The blast from the avalanche was strong enough to knock Nima, one of the Sherpas on our expedition, off the route into a crevasse. With the help of several other teams, Nima was rescued from the crevasse and flown to Kathmandu where he is recovering from several broken ribs. We will continue on to Camp 2 tomorrow.