Greetings from Daniel Kim
April 28, 2007
This is Lhotse member, Daniel Kim sending his greetings from EverestBase Camp.
Today is Saturday and the main group has just arrived from several days of
acclimatizing at Camp 2, about 6400 meters. The weather has been fairly good, with sunny mornings and the usual afternoon light snow, although it has been pretty windy lately. Mark and his personal Sherpa are now at camp 2.
Everest Base Camp has changed somewhat since we arrived around April 7. The melting and shifting of the underlying glacier has remolded and rearranged the terrain noticeably. Also more teams have arrived to establish their camps. There could be over 400 tents here now. Large British and Korean groups are here, among many nationalities.
We plan to spend several days resting here in base camp, cleaning up and washing clothes. Then we depart for about one week on the next round of acclimatization. This will likely see us spending up to two nights sleeping at Camp 3, which has not yet been fully established, but will likely be about 7200 – 7400 meters. Then we will be returning to Base Camp to rest, the first Summit attempt will ensue.
We have three Everest climbers, and four Lhotse climbers. The two Groups will follow the same path to camp three, and then the routes diverge before Camp 4.
Everyone here is doing well and in good spirits. The cooperation and teamwork has continued. We are all saddened by the tragedy at the Lhotse face 2 days ago. Without knowing the exact details, it is difficult to have any further comment about the actual event.
Our Sherpas have been fantastic. Without them, nothing would be possible. The death of any Sherpa on any team is a moment of sadness and loss shared by all climbers on this side of Everest.
Best regards to all who read this, we are well and doing fine.
Daniel J. Kim
This is Lhotse member, Daniel Kim sending his greetings from EverestBase Camp.
Today is Saturday and the main group has just arrived from several days of
acclimatizing at Camp 2, about 6400 meters. The weather has been fairly good, with sunny mornings and the usual afternoon light snow, although it has been pretty windy lately. Mark and his personal Sherpa are now at camp 2.
Everest Base Camp has changed somewhat since we arrived around April 7. The melting and shifting of the underlying glacier has remolded and rearranged the terrain noticeably. Also more teams have arrived to establish their camps. There could be over 400 tents here now. Large British and Korean groups are here, among many nationalities.
We plan to spend several days resting here in base camp, cleaning up and washing clothes. Then we depart for about one week on the next round of acclimatization. This will likely see us spending up to two nights sleeping at Camp 3, which has not yet been fully established, but will likely be about 7200 – 7400 meters. Then we will be returning to Base Camp to rest, the first Summit attempt will ensue.
We have three Everest climbers, and four Lhotse climbers. The two Groups will follow the same path to camp three, and then the routes diverge before Camp 4.
Everyone here is doing well and in good spirits. The cooperation and teamwork has continued. We are all saddened by the tragedy at the Lhotse face 2 days ago. Without knowing the exact details, it is difficult to have any further comment about the actual event.
Our Sherpas have been fantastic. Without them, nothing would be possible. The death of any Sherpa on any team is a moment of sadness and loss shared by all climbers on this side of Everest.
Best regards to all who read this, we are well and doing fine.
Daniel J. Kim
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