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  Everest 2006: Fi and Paul: Going up the icefall tomorrow


Location: Everest Base Camp
Altitude: 5350m
Local Time: 17:45, 23 April
Weather: Fine 1C no

Hi all it's Paul here. Well today has been spent packing gear to carry up to camp 1 tomorrow. Although I am far from 100%, I want to go up to Camp 1 and see how things go. If I really run into trouble, then we still have enough time to go down the valley and get really well before trying again. There will be quite a team of us going up tomorrow, and with the few people that are already at camp 1 it could be a bit crowded.

The plan
We are going to have breakfast at 5am and then head up into the icefall at 5:30am. We should be at camp 1 around midday, but we will be taking it slow in the safe parts, so it might take us a bit longer. We will spend a couple of nights at camp 1 and then if we are feeling ok go up to camp 2. After spending 3-4 nights in camp 2 we will come back down to base camp for some welcome rest.

Sorting Gear
We have got our climbing gear ready, snacks for the climb (Gu gels, as we are finding these are really easy to digest and provide good energy), radios (we will radio our position back to base camp every hour), clothes, walking poles, down suit, jacket and vest, a couple of books, and our first aid kit. This has all been packed away ready for a quick departure tomorrow.

Communications above base camp
We will be taking all our technology up with us, so we should be able to bring you live pictures and reports on our progress. However it's possible that the satellite phone will not work as camp 1 is in the Western Cwm; a narrow, deep valley between Everest and Nuptse. These mountains may prevent us from getting a link with the Thuraya satelite, which is a geostationary satelite (doesn't move), so if our view is blocked we will be off the air for the time we are up there. This has happened to us once on another mountain.

Bye for now,
Paul.

Updates

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