K2 2004: K2 south side: Snow on Camp Italy: Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

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K2 south side: Snow on Camp Italy

There was an abundant snowfall on the K2 south side base camp overnight.  Climbing operations for today are static and we will dedicate ourselves to the development of structural and logistics plans

Tuesday June 8, - Base Camp South Side: There was a huge snowfall overnight and this morning.  The plan to return to the new higher camp has been postponed and we will instead attempt to prepare the photovoltaic (battery charge system?) to be able to recharge the batteries of the tv cameras and photographic cameras.

Our computer does not work well in the cold so we set up a box with a gas lamp inside upon which we set the portable computer so as to keep it operating at the proper temperature.  In any case, it takes about l hour to send one photograph from satellite phone which drops the connection to computer operating system which was lost on the glacier.

It is a day for climbers ala Kurt Diemberger, real mountain animals, who do not much bother with problems like materials, clothing  or the like. Men who don’t spend much time complaining, but take all with a grain of salt and in a positive manner. Ciao, Mauri

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