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Dispatch
#8 January 12, 2002. Camp II, Mt. Vinson,
Antarctica. Vern
Tejas: Hello friends and family and loved ones, this
is the Alpine Ascents Mt. Vinson group. We're
at 10,000 feet at Camp II. It was a relatively
easy day, without any major hills to undertake, so
we progressed right along, got here early and set up
a beautiful camp. It's now very well built,
we've got a double cook area and five tents all in a
line. Underneath the beautiful Mt. Shinn, which is
the third highest peak on the continent, and we can
see the headwall that we have to go up tomorrow,
it's very steep, and it looks like lots of things
have tumbled down, but we shall press on undaunted,
weather permitting, so keep your fingers crossed and
pray for some clear skies, and away we'll go.
That's all for now, ciao.
 Dispatches
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