News from Russian Adventure Team Everest expedition from Moscow under the leadership of Alexander Abramov. Alexander Abramov reports:

"5,May. In the morning the jeep from the BC came and took Slava Pashkov, Sergey Larin and Dima Moskalev, they are our scouts. In the afternoon dust was rushing level with clouds and strong wind was blowing. It was at the height of 4100m. According to the information the kitchen tent had been torn and many tents in other camps had been crashed too. The sherps who had been in the ABC informed us that all the tents in the top camps had been blown. We do not want to believe in these facts; we have tents at 7500m and all tents at 7000m there are twelve sleeping bags and many other necessary equipment. We will not be able to ascend to the summit without the equipment. Thank God, we did not pulled the oxygen cylinders. It is said that on the South Col at 8000m all the tents were blown down. Of course the storms in this place are evident. In 1997 early in May my tent was blown down with all equipment, oxygen cylinders, camera-recorder and est. Now one problem of our returning to the BC should be solved. According to the weather forecast tomorrow will be the last day of the foul weather. We will be waiting news about the weather from Dima Moscalev. His message will help us to make a decision. Bye"