Summit dispatch #
    
01 June 2005

Summit dispatch #1

This is the first of many dispatches that will be posted through out the night as the attempt on the summit of Mt Everest progresses.


The plan at the moment is to leave the S. Col at 8:30 p.m. tonight 01 June. The crew will start to get ready much earlier and then put their boots and crampons on starting at 8 p.m..

Keep you posted.

JMW
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Previous Dispatches

Too windy....   
01 June 2005

Too windy....

Yesterday the members and sherpas rested all day on the S Coll. After some urging they got out of their tents and explored the S. Col a bit.

The South C

Windy night on the S. Col   
31 May 2005

Windy night on the S. Col

The first night on the S. Col has passed and everyone seems OK. The tents were whipped by the wind all night so sleeping was restless. Everything se

South Col here we come....   
30 May 2005

South Col here we come....

Today dawned bright and sunny with members up early for tea and breakfast. The plan was to be packed and ready by 8 am so when the sherpas arrived

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