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Testing day
21 April 2005    
Our last rest day today. Packing, hydrating, and to add insult to injury, the girls from Brown University, came by to test us in the realm of remote speech monitoring systems that try to pick up hypoxia symptoms in certain speech patterns up here. It's official, we are all pretty stupid apparently.

So tomorrow we are outta here at 5am, trying to get up to c1 by mid afternoon, so as to avoid the heat. More snow showers here this afternoon, but we are finally, ready to go.

So stay tuned!
Luis and the AC crew

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First snows    20 April 2005
Today has been a rest day. Shortly after breakfast a wall of cloud came up the valley, giving us a day of snow, our first for the trip. Gerrard, myself, and Pemba Sherpa made our first trip into the i

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Khumbu Icefall    19 April 2005
Crampons bite into the ice on ever changing and often uneven terrain. Concentration and constant awareness are required to ensure as many of the ten crampon points on each foot penetrate the ice evenl

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Technical Ice Course    18 April 2005
We awoke to yet another perfect day at BC. The main focus of today was negotiating a technical ice course at the base of the Khumbu Icefall. Paul and Luis rigged ropes over awkward and steep ice terra

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