Saturday, May 15, 2004
And this Dispatch from Everest Base Camp:
Dispatch #35 - May 14, 2004
This is Sarah Henley reporting from Base Camp. The Mountain Madness Team is still resting at Camp 2 getting ready to climb to Camp 3 early in the morning. Everyone had a relaxing day and are ready to move up on the mountain tomorrow.
Today about 40 people climbed to Camp 4, at the South Col., and will begin their summit attempt tonight between 9:00 and midnight. If all goes well they will all summit in the morning of the 15th. This is good news for us because this means less people on the route while our team is climbing. In some of the years past many of the teams try to summit at the same time and it can be a huge traffic jam. The Mountain Madness team will be trying for the summit, on the morning of the 17th, at the same time as five other groups. We will be with the Spanish team which has three climbers, the Irish which has 2 climbers, the Swiss that consists of two climbers, the International team which has eleven climbers, and the David Brashers team which has quite a bit of folks because they have a whole film crew with them. These numbers are not counting all the the climbing sherpas. There could be about 40 - 50 people counting Mountain Madness, the rest of the teams, and sherpas on the mountain that same day. This seems like a lot but actually it is quite reasonable.
Dispatch #35 - May 14, 2004
This is Sarah Henley reporting from Base Camp. The Mountain Madness Team is still resting at Camp 2 getting ready to climb to Camp 3 early in the morning. Everyone had a relaxing day and are ready to move up on the mountain tomorrow.
Today about 40 people climbed to Camp 4, at the South Col., and will begin their summit attempt tonight between 9:00 and midnight. If all goes well they will all summit in the morning of the 15th. This is good news for us because this means less people on the route while our team is climbing. In some of the years past many of the teams try to summit at the same time and it can be a huge traffic jam. The Mountain Madness team will be trying for the summit, on the morning of the 17th, at the same time as five other groups. We will be with the Spanish team which has three climbers, the Irish which has 2 climbers, the Swiss that consists of two climbers, the International team which has eleven climbers, and the David Brashers team which has quite a bit of folks because they have a whole film crew with them. These numbers are not counting all the the climbing sherpas. There could be about 40 - 50 people counting Mountain Madness, the rest of the teams, and sherpas on the mountain that same day. This seems like a lot but actually it is quite reasonable.
