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Patrick Hollingworth posted this update on his Replica Audemars Piguet watches climb from BC to C2:These are some of the strongest winds I have experiencedin the mountains - there is a massive and constant roar coming fromEverest - the jetstream winds are in full flight! The winds wereblowing snow UP the north face of Nuptse (like a reverse avalanche),and a few tents were destroyed here in C2 last night. C3 isuninhabitable at the moment because of the winds, as is C4 on the SouthCol. The winds are however forecast to drop in the coming days, and fornow we're still looking at Sunday 16th for our summit attempt.Everyone in the world makes the same joke about their local weather."If you don't like the weather, just wait a day." And on Everest it isthe same. The key factor for a summit bid is the wind speed, most teamslook for under 30 mph (48 km/h). This is mostly influenced by theposition of the jet stream which is positioned on top of, or near,Everest almost all year.