Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003
 

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Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

May 9th 2003: Hi! The trekking, for me, started well. Rather long stages with big storms at the beginning of the afternoon. Tomorrow evening Friday May 9th  we should sleep at Deurali at 3000m of altitude. From this place we will have Dhaulagiri just in front of us…

I could speak with Jean-Christophe a few moments ago. The mood was good. Yesterday, Thursday May 8th , Jean-Christophe went up with a very heavy load to camp 2 at 6800 m in order to deposit material and food. He was too charged to carry a sleeping bag with him and as he has a little cooled one of his feet he preferred to turn back to sleep at camp 1 in order not to freeze the foot completely.

Today, Friday, he climbed up to 7000 m of altitude, and then settled at camp 2 at 6800 m to spend there the night in his sleeping bag which he carried with him from camp 1 this morning.

Tomorrow, Saturday May 10th , he will try to go up until around 7400 m of altitude in order to install camp 3 there. The wind is unfortunately back as from May 11th  thus if that is confirmed Jean-Christophe will turn back to base camp... Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

Best regards, Katia Lafaille.

Katia Lafaille

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