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Our Ride to Osh Waiting for Us!
Down at Base Camp Now
July 19th,2004
We had decided that considering the current conditions, the high winds, our limited time now and Karens condition it would be best to go on down to base camp and back to Osh and Bishkek now. A great effort by all to get up to where we did and as far as we have in the tough conditions. Were in Base Camp now and have changed our ride back to Osh for tomorrow.
Its been a very good trip into the Pamirs of Kyrgyzstan, no summit this trip but considering the deep snow and bad weather we feel good about our high point. Now its back to Bishkek and then onto Khan Tengri in Kazahkstan.
Thanks for following all our reports on our Peak Lenin Expedition. Check out the Khan Tengri Expedition Reports starting July 25th, 2004.
Scott Woolums reporting from Peak Lenin Base Camp.
Just back from our Summit Attempt!
July 18th, 2004
A huge day this morning starting at 3am! A Crystal clear sky all night mixed with very high winds kept us apprehensive as this means extremely cold and clear. By the time 5 am came it looked exactly t
Serious Storm here in Camp 3!
July 16th, 2004
Extreme weather in Camp 3 all day today. Very high winds, whiteout, blowing snow. Quite difficult to even get out of the tent. Have over 2 feet of fresh snow now and winds to 70 mph! A wild ride right
Storm in Camp 3!
July 15th, 2004
Storm in Camp 3!
A tough move up to over 20,000 ft. today. In fairly tough conditions, we pulled into Camp 3, Karen and George are doing great. Set up camp in over 60 mph winds and snow! Some hard
