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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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April 21, 2001Hello. This is Walter Keller of the British American
Expedition just giving you a little update on what’s going on. Tim and Mike
are still at Base Camp recuperating from the time they spent up here at Advanced
Base Camp (ABC).It’s very early in the morning here and the weather
looks good. Phil and I today, if the weather holds, are going to head back up
to the North Col and spend the night there. And depending on how we feel -- it’s
23,000 feet up there -- we’re hoping to go a little bit higher and move a
camp up to about 7,500 meters (24,600 feet). And really we’ll just go from
there and see how we feel. Ideally, we’d like to reach 7,900 meters (26,000
feet) but that’s very ambitious for this go, so we’re not sure that
we’re going to quite get there. But we’re looking forward to a good
day and a little bit of fun up on the North Col and up on the North Ridge.We’ll
be out of contact while we’re above ABC, as are Tim and Mike down at Base
Camp.
Walter Keller
2001 British American Lightweight Everest Expedition
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