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May
2nd: Today
Sergi the Catalan and four members of the
Colombian national expedition arrived at BC,
which has livened things up a little. They have
reported to us today the situation at ABC, about
who is going up to Camp 1, which other
expedition is equipping the route to Camp III
and by when they will have forecast the
commercial expeditions trying for the summit.
The fact is, that the news on Everest is full of
rumours, comments and insinuations, but the real
news come only from within, only individuals
know when they will go up or try to go up to the
summit.
At
the moment we are not too worried about checking
the weather forecasts issued, our plan is to
stay here in BC for a few more days..
In any case, the weather is not too good
for other expeditions, and few people are
getting going past CII.
Everyone is talking about the possibility
of a change in the weather when the moon phase
changes
Everyone is waiting, but we have no
clear indication that this will happen. Well
well see
when the moon changes
May
3rd: We
wake to quite a bad day, which does not improve
throughout the morning, but it fails to dampen
our spirits.
The atmosphere at BC has got a lot
better, we eat with the Columbians and Sergi, we
spend the evening with the Al Filos
expedition, with whom we have made some good
friends
They love to see how people so young
and with little means have the same objective as
them and we benefit by informing the University
Polytechnic of Valencia of the high circles of
climbing.
May
4th: It
has snowed today.
Another day of bad weather and the
forecast is bad for tomorrow as well.
We are not disappointed, but we know that
the options for the summit pass by a period of
more or less good weather.
At BC between our upset stomachs and the
colds, we escape nothing, but we know it is the
least we have to pay to the Goddess Mother of
the mountains for trying to climb her...
Besides, there is nothing like the loss of
weight and the month of discomfort that need to
be tolerated at BC.
What is clear is that no one here seems
fooled, we just try to keep going through the
bad part of trying to ascend the tallest
mountain in the world. |
