Featured Expedition: 2003 American Ski Everest Expedition
Dispatch Seven

Copyright©Jim Gile American Ski Everest 2003

Dispatch Seven: This is American Ski Everest Expedition, dispatch number 7; We are all sitting at base camp, on day 5, that is one additional day than compared to our original schedule. After our acclimatization hike to 18,000 feet on day 3, we all decided that we wanted to postpone our move to immediate camp at 20,000 feet, for one additional day. We wanted one more acclimatization day and then a rest day before we made the move.

So we spent day 5 packing our gear, and getting ready for day 6, just hanging out and resting. Everybody is healthy, and everything else in on plan. We should be at the immediate camp tomorrow afternoon where we will do dispatch 8.

We are busy getting ready for tomorrow. Everybody is ready and getting ready for the move. We need to add Jon our expedition doctor to the web site. He is from Aspen. He is 44 and has climbed Gasherbrum II, Aconcagua, Denali twice, multiple peaks in South American, He worked as a medical doctor in Nepal in 91 and 95 , and as a medical ranger on Denali, etc ...

All is well... Mike

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