Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

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May 12, 2004: There is currently a high wind blowing at the high camps, but the weather forecast promises improvements and so the climbers of team K2 2004 have begun their “migration” to the high camps in preparation of their first attempt at the summit by week’s end.

“In the afternoon hours there is still a good stiff breeze – explains Mario Panzeri who today finds himself at base camp with Mario Merelli, Giampaolo Gioia, Karl Unterkircher and the foursome from Valdosta – Tomorrow, however, we are promised an improvement therefore we are going up to camp 1 and in the next several days, if all goes well, we will continue the climb upwards.”

With the climbers now transferring up to the higher camps, the entire control center of the expedition will also move upwards.  Massimo Cappon, official chronicler of the expedition and Patrizia Broggi, our logistics and communications technician, will settle, over the next several days, at ABC, transferring to 6400 meters all of the instruments for forwarding news reports, pictures and video/film coverage.

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