Everest South Side Expedition
Tarragona Everest 2003

05/21/2003: Adverse conditions On Everest: After four hours without communication and having reached 8,500 meters of altitude, the Tarragona expedition and the rest of the hopeful climbers did not have any other option but to turn around and go back to the tents at camp IV.  The strong winds in excess of 80 Km/h almost end the Tarragonan dream of touching the roof of the world.  What started as a placid night became an inferno of cold and wind which left no other option.  There are talks of a second possibility, but it will all depend on the physical and psychological shape of the climbers and, of course, the weather report, but it seems that this year it is getting harder to reach the summit of Mother Earth.  The Tarragonan expeditioneers are now going back to camp IV, not closing the door at all and they left their tent well stocked with oxygen and the rest of the materials needed to attack the summit.

Translated from Spanish by Jorge Rivera

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