Dan Mazur Everest-Lhotse 2

This is Dan calling from SummitClimb, it's the 8th of April and 3:30pm Nepal time. I'm calling in with a dispatch for the Everest-Lhotse Expedition.

We reached Base Camp today at 5,300 meters. Bill, Mark, Paul, Daniel, and also the staff are here along with Kaji, Phuri, Lakpa Garmu, Temba, Jai Bahadur, Tenje, Lhakpa Chiri, and Jangbu.

In Gorak Shep this morning, just before setting out for Base Camp, I saw Terry with his Sherpa Lakpa Gyalu. I also saw Simon from the Ama Dablam Expedition. He had a headache and he was planning to rest a few days in Gorak Shep.

I heard that Nancy and Kandu walked down on the 6th from Pheriche. We expect Bruce, Philip and Florin along with Lakpa Kongle up here very soon.

The weather has been pretty good. It snowed yesterday afternoon. This morning was beautiful and sunny for our walk up to the Everest Base Camp. We will have Base Camp well set up. It is getting cloudy again this afternoon. However, it doesn't look like it's going to be a very serious storm.

There are a lot of teams here in Base Camp. We heard that the Icefall doctors have finished the route to Camp 1 today. We plan to rest and acclimatize tomorrow and then do some acclimatization hikes around Base Camp before we set off to Camp 1.

We will keep you posted.

Thank you very much, bye bye.

Dan