Mt. Everest 2005: Majorca to Everest: Jopela remains in the Base Camp

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Jopela has decided not to lower below the 4,000 meters and to go to the center at Periche because it assures to feel better. 

Yesterday, following the recommendations of International Association Altitude Mountain (IAAM), he was put under a treatment that consisted of 8 mg. of dexametasona, 10 mg. of nifedipino, 250 mg. of acetazolamida and inhalations of salbuterol that caused that it felt more good and he is anticipated that the next days will be decisive definitively to consider the state of health of the climber as well as its possibilities of getting up themselves to the rest of the group in their attempt to arrive at the top of the ceiling of the world.

Meanwhile, the expedition "Mallorca a dalt of tot. Everest 2005" initiates a new period of rest of five days. The last weather forecasts advise against any attempt of progression towards Field III (7.200m.) - following passage of the group through the Valley of Silencio until the wall of the Lhotse, since in the next days forts are expected precipitations in snow form and forts winds around the bulk of the Sagarmatha.

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