Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition
Dispatch 18 Continued

Copyright©Jim Gile American Ski Everest 2003

Dispatch 18 Continued: American Ski Everest Expedition... May 4th.

The is Mike, with an update on the situation. It looks like the other expeditions has just collapsed [in-audible] ... with everyone headed down. We was able to get an update weather forecast from our source before they left... and this storm is expected not to be over until Wednesday or Thursday.

We have managed to keep our base camp intact but it has been around the clock battle. But we are getting hammered and exhausted. Our mess tent is on it's last leg and probably will not make the night. Our personal tents are in great shapes. We are going to stay the night.

We are going to head out of here tomorrow morning. Asian trekking has a new mess tent down there waiting on us. We will have to yak that up when the weather improves.

We are hammered and getting slammed up here. I think we are the only other non-Sherpas at ABC. I can't be certain of that. We are ready to get the heck out of here.

It would be one thing if we could just hang around until then, but it is just too hard. It is NOT a life threatening situation [communications lost]

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