Mt. Everest 2005: Waldemar Niclevicz: Start of the second climb.

04/25/2005

35º Day of the 10 Years of Brazil on Everest Expedition

Base Camp (5,400 m) / Camp 2 (6,400)

Start of the second climb.

Dear Friends!

Irivan an I are now comfortably installed in our tent at camp 2, at 6,400 meters of altitude.

The lack of wind and sun by the end of the afternoon left us now, at 17h45, with a nice temperature of 7.4ºC outdoors and 17.5ºC inside the tent, but in no more than 15 minutes the Sun is going to set behind Nuptse and it will be very cold.

Today we got up at seven hours to get from base camp to here, a climb with no rush and a strong sun.  We arrived at camp 2 at 13h30, along with the three Spanish and the Italian who is also part of our expedition, our training is optimal and this way we feel less lonely on this gigantic Everest.

Today we were very scared on the Icefall, when we were in the middle of the climb that you see in the picture, a big block of ice, at least 15 meters high, was shattered beside us.  We went running upwards, fearing that the block where it was leaning would also come down.  But it was just a scare.

We will have more news tomorrow.

A big hug.

Waldemar Niclevicz.

Translated from Portuguese by Jorge Rivera

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