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Pumori 2003 featuring Dan Mazur: Dispatch Four
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Dispatch Four:
Welcome to the first official day of our Expedition!
Everybody is feeling fit and healthy. Today was a big
one on the roof of the Hotel Nepa. Dan, Jay, Jeff and
Shane (Manaslu Expedition Leaders) spent the day going
through all of the logistics of the trip. We had a
huge equipment briefing to ensure all members have the
proper gear for going up high. This was a great
opportunity for people to ask questions and get their
systems on track. Jeff (Manaslu Leader), went through
the climbing gear, while Jay demonstrated brilliant
technique for fixed line climbing.
We then took a lot of
time going through the medical kits, that Jay and
Shane had been working on for the last two days.
Everybody was impressed at the range of health
problems we are able to treat in the field. Dan then
demonstrated the use of our oxygen equipment and the "Gammow"
bag (a portable decompression chamber used for severe
altitude sickness). Jay was the "crash test dummy" and
was taken from an altitude of 1300m down to 70m below
sea level.
Shane (Manaslu
Leader), then produced a bag of high altitude food and
a stove, at which time Dan proceeded to concoct a evil
mixture of noodles, tuna, yak cheese and garlic.
Hmmm....maybe we'll leave the cooking to the cooks!
We have an early
start tomorrow - up at 4.00am for a 5.00am departure,
so there'll be plenty of packing going on tonight.
More news tomorrow.
Thank you from all of
us on Pumori 2003, Jay Reilly
Thank You from all of
us on the
SummitClimb 2003 Pumori Expedition.
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