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Equipped with satellite communication tools, the team is sending dispatches
and photos back to this Web site. You’re invited to follow the climb
through written accounts and digital images. 
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Listen to Phil’s voice dispatch
from the mountain (368k mp3 file)
May 4, 2001
Hi. This is Phil Austin from the British American Expedition. Walter
and I have just come down from the North Col. I went up two days before
with Ian Roberts. (Ian is the leader of the World Summits expedition.)
We tried to push a camp up to 7,600 meters, but the weather, however,
was a bit on the extreme side and there was a lot of wind and snow. We
managed to get about three rope lengths below the camp before we decided
to cache the gear and come back down. Upon coming down Walter appeared,
so this morning we tried again. But the weather conditions were even worse,
and we got about 300 meters up and we decided to call it a day.
The reason I’m doing this dispatch is because Walter in fact has
lost his voice, so his vocal tones will be missed for the next few days
I’m sure.
Tomorrow we’re all going down to Base Camp to have a chat about
the summit bid, if we have one, which will be in about 10 day’s time.
Phil Austin
2001 British American Lightweight Everest Expedition
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