SummitClimb Mt. Everest 2005 Tibet: Ryan Waters reporting in from Everest 5/02/2005

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Update: Hi, this is Ryan Waters calling from the SummitClimb Everest North Ridge Expedition from Tibet.  I'm calling from Advance Base Camp, about 21,000 feet elevation.  I wanted to give everyone back there an update on all of our individual climbers.  Steve Poulsen is here at ABC, he's going to go down today to get some rest.  He's developed a dry cough that he can't get rid of so we're going to try to get down to a lower elevation and see if he can knock that for an attempt later this month.  Fredrick and Magnus are up climbing towards Camp 2 today.  They slept at Camp 1 last night and they are trying to reach Camp 2 for acclimatization, as well as Mr. Neal Jing.  He slept at Camp 1 last night and is climbing up towards Camp 2 today with some of our staff.

Some of our other Sherpa staff are putting in Camp 2 today.  We are looking forward to that being put up completely.  We've got oxygen going up, almost all of it is at Camp One as of today or tomorrow.  Bob Guthrie is going to climb today up the North Col and sleep at Camp One tonight with Dawa Sherpa. He's looking forward to getting up there and getting some climbing done and getting some acclimatization in.  I am staying at ABC today.  I'll climb tomorrow to the North Col, and hopefully up to Camp Two the following day to check on everything there.  After that we'll all probably head down to Base Camp and join Rikard Mansson, who's down there already.  He's already been up high on the mountain.  He's getting some rest at Base Camp for a potential early summit bid.  The rest of our members, we'll go down and maybe get some rest for a long week or so before thinking of a summit push, and we'll just take a good look at the weather.  I just wanted to give everyone, friends and family, the update on individual members.  Everyone's safe and feeling good and climbing or resting.  We'll give you an update as soon as we have more information.  Hello to everyone back there at home. We'll talk to you later.  Goodbye.

Dispatches

Steve Poulsen, Climber, USA

Bob Guthrie, Climber, USA

Neal Jing, Climber, USA

Fredrick Strang, Climber, Sweden

Magnus Flock, Climber, Sweden

Rikard Mansson, Climber, Sweden

Ryan Waters, Expedition Leader, USA

Jangbu Sherpa, Climbing Sirdar

Dawa Sherpa

Pema Rinji Sherpa

Ang Babu Sherpa

Furtenji Sherpa

Kipa Sherpa, Head Cook

3 Tibetan Climbers

1 Tibetan Cook

2 Tibetan cookboys

(we will meet our Tibetan Staff in Tingri)

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