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April 14, 2001Hello from ABC on Mount Everest. Yesterday was
Friday the 13th and it lived up to its reputation of bringing bad luck. It snowed
all day yesterday. And it snowed most of the night last night along with some
lightening and thunder, which was pretty interesting at this altitude. We have
about six to eight inches of snow on the ground. It’s spectacular. The sun
is brilliantly shinning. And the mountain is coated in white right now. It’s
beautiful, but we will not be able to make a cache up at the North Col because
of the avalanche danger.Everything is going well and everybody is doing
OK, but some of the expedition members are experiencing high-altitude headaches.
It seems that no matter how many days we’re here we all feel a little lethargic
and a little under the weather.Today we might take a couple walkabouts
on to the glacier and go over to the Northeast Ridge to see what it looks like
close up.For now we’re going to hang tight and hopefully get up
to the North Col tomorrow. That’s when the climbing starts. The last 2,000
feet up to the North Col is kind of the crux to the real climbing. Parts of that
last section are almost vertical and require fixed ropes. Once we get our equipment
above that, we can start putting in Camps
V and VI.
Tim Boelter
2001 British American Lightweight Everest Expedition
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