I spoke to Mark this morning! 

The climbers got a day of rest and had the traditional "Puja Ceremony" for the sherpas and climbers. A

Puja is a ceremony officiated by a Lama and two or more monks in front of an altar built of stone. Those performing a puja ask the Gods for good fortune for the sherpas and the climbers as they attempt to summit the mountain. In front of the altar, offerings are made to the Gods: sampa cake, yak milk butter, fried dough, fruits, chocolate, and drinks. Juniper burns continuously in a niche in the altar. All the critical climbing equipment is blessed — harnesses, crampons, ice-axes, and helmets, as well as the expedition flag. Prayer flags are strewn for 100 feet in several directions. During the ceremony, the sherpas chant along with the Lama and monks, and everyone throws rice. The ceremony closes with the participants sharing food, and finally with the climbers and sherpas smearing gray sampa flour on each others’ faces — a symbol of their hope that they may live to see each other when they are old and gray. Mark said, "they were all a mess by the time the ceremony was finished!"

Tomorrow when the climbers wake, they plan to trek up to Camp 1, stay for 1/2 hour and come back down to Advanced Base Camp in order to acclimate to the altitude that were at being at Camp 1.

Rest well climbers, you'll need the strength...