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Return ro Camp
28 April 2005
Camp I
So first for all of the worriers out there, we made it through the icefall safely and are now hanging out at Camp I. The icefall is constantly changing as the glaci
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Heading back up the mountain
27 April 2005
Heading back up the mountain.
Yes, we are finally leaving Base Camp to go up the mountain! We can?t even be dissuaded by the 3:30 am wake up call. We get to go play on la
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Preparations
25 April 2005
Preparations
So today?s dispatch is going to have to pull double duty since we slacked off and didn?t send one yesterday. There just really hasn?t been that much going on
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Back to the Life of Luxury
23 April 2005
Back to the Life of Luxury
We woke up to spring like weather this morning and love was in the air. And by ?love?, I really mean a full on snowball fight between team membe
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Camp 2 - 6377meters; 20,917feet
19 April 2005
Camp 2 - 6377meters; 20,917feet
The crew is learning what it means to have to fend for themselves at this high elevation. This morning I woke everyone up around 6:30 am so
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Rest Day at Camp 1
18 April 2005
Rest Day at Camp 1
Today we spent the day lounging around trying to recuperate after our trip through he icefall yesterday. It took more out of everyone than they imagined
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Camp 1
17April 2005
Camp 1
Today was the teams first real adventure on Mt. Everest. The trip through the icefall went smoothly. We will make a total of three trips through this maze of jumbled
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Icefall Training
16 April 2005
Icefall Training
I?m trying to come up with the best example to describe how awkward walking across an aluminum ladder is while wearing crampons. Drawing on personal exper
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