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Dispatch Group One: Getting caught up!
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Dispatch Two: The ice fall is in bad condition and thanks to our expedition
leader, Bob Hoffman, we were the first to file a formal complaint with the
group (SPCC) responsible for maintaining of the ice fall (now other team
leaders are also filing complaints). The SPCC is working to improve the
anchors and ladders across the crevasses, but they need more people to do the
job effectively. Check here for the full dispatch.
Dispatch Three: Brian O'Connor, Brett Shepard, Mimi Vadasz, Tom Burch and Bob
Boice just arrived mid-day today after two nights at Camp 2. Winds were
forecasted to 180 kph. That's right over 100 mph. With these wind speeds, the
wind passing over the ridge tops and summit sounds like a 747 airplane taking
off, even from Base Camp. Check here for the full dispatch.
Dispatch Four: Waiting
for the Best Summit "Window"
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Dispatch Five: Now we
just wait for good weather Check here for the full dispatch.
Dispatch Six: Heading Up
the Mountain May 15, 2003: I spoke with Bob this morning. He said all eight
team members were together at base camp now; everyone is healthy. Three
members of the team are going to leave tomorrow (May 16) and the remaining
five members the next day (May 17) to begin their way to the top of Everest!
They are going to take it slow, giving other teams who are in a big rush a
chance to get out of the way.
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Dispatch Seven:
Expedition News from Camp 2 May 20, 2003: Team members will listen to the
radio transmissions from base camp with eager anticipation today, as the first
expeditions of the year are within striking distance of Mount Everest's
summit. The Everest 2003 Commemorative Expedition continues the waiting game
with seven expedition partners at the second of four camps - Camp 2 at 21,000
feet. The team will evaluate climbing conditions based on reports received
from other teams higher on the mountain, as well as weather reports received
from various sources via satellite phone in Base Camp.
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Dispatch Eight: Continued High Winds Delay
Progress May 22, 2003: Continued high winds and foul weather have kept our
team at Camp 2 today, rather than continuing higher on the mountain as
previously planned. The team feels that the promised improvement in the
weather was too short-lived to justify the risk involved in proceeding for
now.
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Dispatch Nine: Team Moves
to Camp 3! May 23, 2003: The team moves to Camp 3!! The window of good weather
is now but a peephole, but nonetheless, the team braves forward.
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Dispatch Ten: An Hour Away From the Summit of Everest May 25, 2003. It's 5:10 p.m. 25 May here in Belmont, 6:40 a.m. (or so) 26
May in Nepal. I just got a call from Angie at Base Camp and she said the team
is very close to the summit - about an hour away! Check here for the full dispatch.
Dispatch 11: Team Members Reach the Summit!!! May 25, 2003 SUCCESSFUL SUMMIT!
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Dispatch 12: American Summitteers Return
Safely to Camp 4 May 26, 2003
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Dispatch 13: Mr. Appa Sherpa (42 yrs),
Sirdar from Namche - 7, Thame, Solukhumbu, Nepal has been successful to hold
the World record of Climbing 13 times on Summit of World highest Mountain
Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) on 26 May 2003 at 3.41 AM.
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Dispatch 14: The following 4 members & 7
Sherpas of "Everest 2003 American Commemorative Expedition" team have been
successful to climb 8848 Meter high Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) on 26 May 2003
from 03:41 AM. to 07.40 AM.
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Dispatch 15: Returning to Base Camp May
27, 2003. We have received word from
Gyltzen Sherpa, our Base Camp Sirdar, that all of the team members are fine
and were together at Camp 2; they will be back in Base Camp tomorrow
(Wednesday, May 28).
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Dispatch 16: Latest Expedition Status June
1, 2003: Following is a brief summation of the events of the past week. There
are many stores yet to be told, and we will get them out to you as soon as
possible.
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Dispatch 17: Waiting in
Kathmandu: June 4, 2003. The weather here in Kathmandu is warm and muggy,
building up to the monsoon season which will be here shortly. All of the
expedition team members have returned from the mountain, and are starting to
head home to friends and loved ones.
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Dispatch 18: Leaving
Kathmandu! June 5, 2003. Dodging a thunder and lightening storm which signals
the beginning of monsoon, our expedition helicopter was able to fly from
Shangboche and land in Kathmandu late on the evening of June 4. On board were
all of the Sherpas who were part of the team, as well as the team and personal
equipment of the climbing members.
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Dispatch 19: Back in the
USA June 8, 2003: Expedition members have all arrived back in the good old USA
to the welcome relief of their family and friends. Now begins the huge task of
unpacking, sorting, cleaning and storing the mountain of clothing and
equipment that had been taken on the great adventure of climbing the highest
peak in the world.
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Dispatch 20: We Meet Again at 50th
Everest at Fairmont, San Francisco June 10, 2003: So I think for everyone it
is finally sinking in that we were on an expedition to Mt. Everest, the
mountain of our dreams, for all our team members. Whether we submitted or not,
we had a journey of a lifetime and are all so happy to be home with family and
friends, and to appreciate life for what it is. I personally have never felt
so happy and alive.
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