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 Mt. Everest 2007: SummitClimb Tibet Everest 2007: Two new dispatches | ||||||||||
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Two separate reports Correspondent Kevin Adams, SummitClimb Everest North Climb, dispatch as follows: At Intermediate Base Camp, the group decided on their own personal strategies—to go down to Base Camp, stay, or go up to Advanced Base Camp. The path to ABC is as peaceful as it was hard. Giant seracs line the high path, which was easy going, but constantly gaining altitude. The scenery changed with bright sun and snow showers. As we drew level with the valleys and the last of the light, we could see whole armies of seracs ahead of glaciers, waiting to descend. We often had to step off the path to make way for the yak trains. And I at least, enjoyed the brief rest. As we drew nearer to the ABC at 6,400 meters, every step and every breath was hard, but the wonderful reception we received from Phil and the view of the North Col made it all worth while. Guides Arnold and Maya, climbers Aldus, Derek, Mike, Dan, Steven, Nartha, Hardy and myself Kevin are all looking forward to the rest of the group coming up to ABC. Message ends and Hello, this is Michael Hsu and Richard Sibley, calling from the SummitClimb Everest-Tibet Expedition. We are calling from the Advanced Base Camp, where most of our climbers have gotten back together after pursuing slightly different schedules over the past several days. Everyone is pretty healthy, and we sent several climbers up to the North Col today to practice climbing on the fixed ropes, and during that time Aldas Baltutis became the first Westerner to make it to the North Col camps this season so far. Everyone is doing pretty well and we’ll look forward to talking to you again either from Advanced Base Camp or Base Camp. Take care, bye.
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