Summit dispatch - #2
    
01 June 2005 - 9:00 p.m.

Summit dispatch - #2

Just a short note - the crew has begun their climb. They left the S. Col just after 8:30 p.m. heading for the fixed lines on the triangular face. This section leads to the balcony at just over 27,000ft.

More as the climb progresses.

JMW

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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.


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Too windy....

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