Mt. Everest 2005: Mountain Madness Expedition: Chris and Kay have been up at Camp I the last two nights

Update: April 21, 2005 Hello from base camp,

Today we stayed in base camp because of some snow that fell last night we wanted to give the ice fall a chance to settle out before we had back to Camp I. Instead we had a relaxing day at base camp, did some laundry, showers, and organized our food for Camp III and Camp IV. We also extended our dinning tent so we have extra room when the trekkers arrive.

The weather has been nice sunny and clear in the mornings and clouds building in the afternoon. Base camp is very comfortable so we can prepare to go back up the mountain tomorrow morning early.

Chris and Kay have been up at Camp I the last two nights. We have checked in with them each morning and evening on the radio, they are having a good time, they were planning on taking a walk up towards Camp II today, then return to Camp I for the night. We will join them tomorrow morning, then all go to Camp II to spend four days acclimatizing. While we are staying at Camp II we plan to spend time going up the Lhotse face and bringing supplies to Camp III.

All the best, Dean

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