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Media Ventures presents the 2001 British American Lightweight Everest Expedition

Just released DVD! Follow a team of climbers as they reach the summit of Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world.

The Expedition Dispatches

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.

April 8, 2001

Today there are high cirrus clouds above Everest and there are snow plumes coming off the top. It’s windy again. Yesterday we had a fabulous day with very little wind and lots of sun and warmth. But today it’s quite the contrary.

Everything is going well, except that we have a broken fuse on the battery pack for the laptop. That’s what’s been causing our problems. We’re going to try fixing it with some foil so that we can get some photos out.

Phil really didn’t feel good this morning. He’s been having dehydration headaches at night, which we all get. You have to stay hydrated, and you have to drink a lot of water at night. That means you have to stay up most of the night drinking and going to the bathroom. If you don’t drink, you usually will wake up with a really dull or sharp headache in the back of your head.

For the most part, everyone is doing fine. Mike had another bout of diarrhea and throwing up last night. He’s probably going to go back on antibiotics today. That’s how expeditions always are. Everybody gets sick — that’s one of the challenges of climbing these mountains.