News from Russian Adventure Team Everest expedition from Moscow under the leadership of Alexander Abramov. Alexander Abramov reports: "2,May. Take counsel with your pillow; sleep on it! We were able to discuss and solve all the problems with sherps in the morning. We promised them to add some tips and they signed the agreement. They will go working to ABC tomorrow. There are many talks about new illness. The border China and Nepal has been closed. We do not know exactly how to return home. According to the weather forecast a storm is expected at a height of 7000 and 8000m. We decided to have a rest in a village for three days at a height of 4000m, so we are going to move there tomorrow. I suppose we need to wash, sleep in warm place and eat fresh meat. During the whole month we are eating dried meat of yaks, not washing, not shaving and leading natural way of living. It is the end of the message, Bye"

"3,May. Wind was tearing the tents. We went to the officer to ask the jeeps. By that time the kitchen tent was crashed down. And now we are in the village. What a marvelous place! The weather is perfect, grass is growing already and the inhabitants are plowing their gardens. We wanted to buy a couple of sheep but the villagers did not want to sell because of the spring all the sheep were skinny. We were offered the dead sheep for 7$ but we refused to buy it. At last we were lucky and bought the sheep (it was like dog size) for 25$. It was one question: who would cut it. Sasha Pashkov is an inveterate hunter, he was ready enough to do it but there was no knife. One nomad helped us. Finally the fresh meat was ready after three hours of cooking and at 11 o'clock ten sufferers fell upon the food. It is the end of the message, Bye"