Mt. Everest 2005: Alpine Ascents Everest 2005: The most important part of the expedition which is yet to come

Update: May 12 Lobuche

     Hi everyone,

We hope you all are doing well.

Here we are at Lobuche, only one journey away from getting back to basecamp. While listening to Juanes (the famous colombian singer) in the common room of our lodge, our thoughts fly like the buddhist prayers through the wind to our loved ones back home. It is snowing outside which contrasts with the warm and cozy atmosphere around the wood stove in here. Everybody is well rested and well fed and eager to head for the summit. Now it all depends on what the weather has in store for us. We are all hoping we can go up without a long delay at basecamp. Our outstanding sherpa team has been working hard stocking high camp in preparation for our summit attempt.

Before reaching Lobuche we passed by a memorial site where there are several chortens remembering those who have died in the mountain. It is a very somber place. However the confidence and spirit of the group is high and we are all focused on having a successful and safe climb above all.

Thinking of you and your support for the most important part of the expedition which is yet to come.

Missing you all,
Jose Luis.

PS: Saludos para Adriana, Erick y Luigi de parte del Papi. Los quiero mucho.

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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