IMG Mount Everest Expedition 2003
South Side (Nepal) Dispatch 23

Dispatch 23: IMG physician Deirdre Galbraith at Base Camp reports that Dave Hahn, Ben Marshall, Gary Johnson, and David Pierce Jones have reached the summit. The weather is perfect, no wind. They left the South Col at 9:45 pm last night, and reached the top at 7:45 am Nepal time on May 30th.  It took them 10 hours from the Col. During the night the conditions were quite cold, so they kept moving steadily. Now the weather is perfect, warm, sunny, no wind.  They plan to spend a short time on top, then start down.  They report that they were the first climbers to reach the top today, but that they see some climbers coming up from the North East Ridge. The other team is some distance behind them on the South East Ridge, but should be in position to reach the top also in an hour or two. Climbing conditions are reported to be good, and all members of the IMG team are doing fine. They were climbing with five Sherpas, we'll get the names on the next radio call of the ones who actually summitted with them. One Sherpa remained at the Col to wait for them when they got down with drinks, etc. We are very happy, but we know that the climb is now exactly one half over, so we'll wait on the celebrations until everyone is off the mountain. Eric

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