Partial Summit Success

I spoke with Paul a little while ago and while he and Eric made the summit, unfortunately Tom did not. :( Sounds like he was suffering from Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and had to turn back shortly after leaving Camp 3. That was definitely disappointing news.
They will spend the night at Plaza de Mulas tonight to try to get some much needed rest. They will hike to Confluencia tomorrow and out to Puente del Inca Thursday. This does depend on if they can get transportation into the city. The original plan didn't have them coming out until Friday. Hopefully they can find out from the mule service at base camp if a car can be ready for them. If for some reason they wind up spending an extra night at base camp, Paul said he'd let me know.
After we got off the phone they went to the webcam to let us get a few photos.
Here they are: