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Adventure
Consultants Everest Expedition 2002
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Thursday
16 May: 0700 Nepal time, 1300 NZ time: Dave has
just been in contact via radio with Guy at Everest
BC, they are just below the South Summit (8750m).
The climb has been going well, perhaps a little
slowly as they have been doing a lot of rope fixing,
but the weather has been good. Alan Arnette turned
around not long after starting and is now back at
south col, Phurba Sherpa came up from south col to
meet him. Alan got down very quickly so Phurba had
hardly got going before they met up. Tom Burch and
Rob Plotke have also turned around during the early
morning hours and they arrived back at south col
about 0330 accompanied by Phu Tashi. Haraldur,
Ellen, Bill and Dave are carrying on, all feeling
strong, with Sherpas Ang Dorjee, Lhakpa Dorje and
Pasang. Report by Suze Kelly.
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