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

"8 May. What a crazy day today! From the morning five members of our expedition had been gathering loudly from 7.00 to 10.00. In the morning I was not in the mood to get up it was too cold. Larin, Pashkov, Moskalev, Soipher, Latinskiy were in the ABC for three days. Of course it is reasonable to spend one day in ABC but because of the bad weather we should be in a hurry. I had to go to the top and see consequences after the storm. The members of our expedition went out from the camp at 10.00 and I went out at 12.30. When I was at the height of 6000m the snowstorm began. The wind was chilling to the marrow. I put on down jacket "BASK" and went on. My hands and feet were frozen. When I was coming up to the camp I found out that my nose was injured by frostbite. I had been in such position in 2000 when Larin and I had been descending from Everest. I went to the by a miracle. In the camp I was given tea, aspirin, clear soup and vodka. I stopped trembling only by 23.00. And now results of the storm: in the ABC the half of the tents was torn, on the North Col two tents were torn to shreds.

"9 May. At the height of 6000m the temperature is at about -15C, -16C, the wind is blowing. We have some problems in the BC of organization the yaks with the equipment to the top camps. I am staying in contact with sherps, they have not found out the tents. We have now four tents, five sleeping bags and it is impossible to understand how many burners and pans we have. Larin, Pashkov and Abromov are going to the top tomorrow.

"10, May. Have you ever assessed damages after fire, flood or tsunami and gathered rest things important for life. We have been busy with this for two days. Our expedition has been trying to install the camp at 7900m from the 26th of April. None of the expeditions install the camp above 7500m. According to the weather forecast the wind is strong today at the top and it is not dropping till Wednesday. We hope everything will be OK. Now nine members of our expedition are in the ABC and three on the North Col.

"11, May. Moskalev, Latinskiy, Soipher went to the camp at 7500 to have night there, but strong wind did not let them to reach the camp 2. Abramov, Larin, Pashkov gone to the top, it took them three hours and a half to get to the North Col. People from Chine were making film about the expeditions ascending to the summit of Everest. When we came to the North Col sherps informed us about our sleeping bag in the crack. The crack was at about 15m deep. We took the rope, Larin insured and I abseiled down. I hardly pulled out the sleeping bag. The second sleeping bag was found not far from the first, the third was given us by the Estonian expedition. Soon the fourth sleeping bag was found by sherp. So things are sorting themselves.