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Telegram from Mongo
18 May 2005    
Rest day BC, no new news on weather or changing scheduling. Downvalley members are on their way back to BC as early as tomorrow. They have left me in charge of dispatches while they are gone or busy. My name? Mongo the monkey...

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Viva Basecamp Vegas    17 May 2005
Rest days....hydrating, eating...and...gambling?! That's right, an ancient game from Tibet called Sho. This game involves dice, coins, and actual seashells as part of the traditional game that tra

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Base Camp Doctor's Perspective    16 May 2005
Base camp doctor- glamourous holiday or chilly ordeal?

The climbers came back down to base camp yesterday, which was a great relief. It's always good to have them safely 'home' an

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Return to BC    15 May 2005
This morning we re-enacted the now familiar Camp 2 descent routine. Rise and shine with daylight at 5am, pack, breakfast and departure at 6.30am. A brisk walk to Camp 1 and then into the dragon's

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