Wednesday, May 19, 2004
From Mountain Madness:
Dispatch #42 - May 18, 2004
This is Sarah Henley reporting from Everest Base Camp. The whole Mountain Madness team made it down to Camp 2 around 1:30 pm today. Everyone feels great but they are definitely tired from what they have just put their bodies through. They plan to leave Camp 2 in the morning at 5:00 am to be back to Base Camp around 9:00 am. The reason for leaving so early is because the days are getting much warner lately and the Ice Fall is much safer earlier in the day before the sun starts to melt things. They are also just simply ready to be back to Base Camp to prepare to leave. We have been here a long time and it will be nice for everyone to get a change of scenery even thought the scenery is amazing in this place. Today on the radio the guys were passing it around to ask for different food requests when they get back to Base. They asked
for eggs, bacon (can't do that), frech toast, pancakes, and even chocolate cake. They will be happy because I was already planning on making a cake for their arrival...
Dispatch #42 - May 18, 2004
This is Sarah Henley reporting from Everest Base Camp. The whole Mountain Madness team made it down to Camp 2 around 1:30 pm today. Everyone feels great but they are definitely tired from what they have just put their bodies through. They plan to leave Camp 2 in the morning at 5:00 am to be back to Base Camp around 9:00 am. The reason for leaving so early is because the days are getting much warner lately and the Ice Fall is much safer earlier in the day before the sun starts to melt things. They are also just simply ready to be back to Base Camp to prepare to leave. We have been here a long time and it will be nice for everyone to get a change of scenery even thought the scenery is amazing in this place. Today on the radio the guys were passing it around to ask for different food requests when they get back to Base. They asked
for eggs, bacon (can't do that), frech toast, pancakes, and even chocolate cake. They will be happy because I was already planning on making a cake for their arrival...
