Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: Greetings to everybody from Camp 1 on Everest

Update: Camp I
    
Greetings to everybody from Camp 1 on Everest.
We have spent our first night at approximately 19.500 ft. Everyone is doing reasonably well. After having breakfast, we had some time to get ready to take an an acclimatization climb along part of the Western Cwm up to a point from where we could admire the south-west face of Everest and the west face of Lhotse. Important features like the Yellow Band, the Geneva Spur, the South Col, the summits of Lhotse and Everest appeared clear and closer to us.

The altitude reached was 20.140 ft. Some clouds appeared in the horizon and sometimes cruising above us but the weather remained good. We had lunch at this point and then headed down towards Camp 1 and siesta time. At the moment we are hydrating and resting. Soon we will have dinner and after that we will be in collision course with our sleeping bags to spend a second night up here.

Tomorrow we will be moving to Camp II which is also known as Advanced Basecamp.

More soon.
My best to you all.
Jose Luis.

PS.- The views we are enjoying from our camp are just spectacular. Be well.

Dispatches

Vern Tejas, Willi Prittie, Dave Morton, Jose Luis Peralvo, and Lakpa Rita Sherpa will lead the Alpine Ascent team on Everest this Spring. They will attempt the standard South East ridge route.

GUIDE STAFF (BIOS)
Lakpa Rita Sherpa Senior Guide & Sirdar	Vern Tejas Senior Guide	Willi Prittie Senior Guide
Dave Morton Senior Guide	Jose Luis Peralvo Senior Guide	Ellie Henke Base Camp Manager
CLIMBERS
Nigel Clark	Esther Colwill	Ron Farb
Kevin Grant	Cathy Groninger	Kent Groninger
Mostafa Mahmoud	Jeanne Stawiecki	Dianette Strange-Wells
Tony Van Marken	David Liano	Danielle Fisher

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