Nancy Norris: What are you waiting for?

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Dispatch Five: August 28 - Ta-She-Day-Lay from Shegatsi, Tibet and a special hello to HHFC. This is Nancy reporting in. We arrived here today about 3:00pm altitude 13,000 feet. Everyone on the team is feeling great. To acclimatize we took a tour of the Zhashenlunbu Temple, home to approximately 500 monks.

Tomorrow we are off to Tingri and then on to base camp in two days. We are all so anxious to get started climbing and it won't be much longer now. The team is getting to know each other better as the days go by and everyone is fitting in well together. It's a great group. I'll sign off for now and my next report will be from the Mountain. Nancy

Nancy Norris, who at age 59 will attempt Cho Oyu, the world’s 6th highest mountain, as a prelude to her climb on Mt. Everest in the Spring 2004 at age 60. Nancy will attempt to become the oldest American woman to Summit Everest.

On Cho Oyu, Nancy Norris will join a team of 25 climbers, guides and support staff organized by International Mountain Guides, Inc. (IMG). Headquartered in Ashford, WA under the direction of American mountaineer Eric Simonson. IMG has successfully led over 100 climbers to the summit of Cho Oyu on 11 previous expeditions to that mountain.