Mt. Everest 2007: SummitClimb Tibet Everest 2007 : Arnold is back reporting in live

4-4 Arnold Coster SummitClimb Tibet-Everest transcript 2

Hi there , here is a dispatch phoned in by Arnold and transcribed by
Rob Maynard:

This is Arnold, the leader of the SummitClimb-Tibet Expedition 2007. 
Today we spent our last day in Tingri at 4350 meters.  The weather is absolutely fabulous and it was great fun.  Everybody just chilled out and hung out in the village.

Tomorrow in the morning we'll reach the Base Camp, then we will spend like four days in Base Camp at least before we go higher.  Everybody is looking forward to go up high and I hope there are some great climbing stories soon. So you'll hear from me soon, bye bye.
 

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Summitclimb Everest North Tibet 2007

Hello everyone! Thank you for following our expedition. This is Ben Stuckey reporting for the Summitclimb Everest North 2007 team. We are currently in Nyalam, Tibet situated at the base of the Tibetan Plateau at 12,100'or 3800m. Since our last report the entire Everest North team has made our way from Kathmandu and we have entered Tibet/China. The border crossing from Nepal into Tibet/China went very well and there were no major problems. Some of our members were still missing baggage that never arrived in Kathmandu. The great news is that all missing luggage and climbing gear has made it safely to us here in Nyalam.

Today was a rest and acclimitization day so myself and a few other members went for a stroll up to 14,300'or 4400m where we caught our first glimpse of Shishapangma the 14th highest peak in the world standing just over 8000 meters high. The plan for the next few days is for the team to travel across the Tibetan Plateau to the small town of Tingri located at 14,100'or 4200m. We will spend 2 days there so as to allow our bodies to adapt to the increasingly thin air. From there we will finish the final portion of the 1st stage of our journey to climb Mount Everest. We will slowly make our way to basecamp located at 17300'or 5200m. We will send our next dispatch from there in 3 days time. Every team member is doing well, feeling great and having fun. Thank you for following our climb to the

top of the world.

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