Mt. Everest 2004: Mountain Madness Expedition 2004

Day 48:  May 13: This is Sarah Henley reporting from Base Camp.  I got up this morning, at 5 am, to bid the Mountain Madness team farewell on their attempted journey, to the top of the world.  The sherpas, the second half of the team, will leave tomorrow because they would rather sleep at Base Camp than at Camp 2 for two nights.  This morning, other than a little foggy eyed, everyone was feeling great but I think still feeling the anticipation of what's to come.  They all arrived safely to Camp 2 in the early afternoon today.  Now their job is to eat and relax as much as possible for the next day and a half.  After their rest day at Camp 2 tomorrow they have a long couple days ahead of them...  During their summit attempt (beginning around 9 pm on the 16th in Nepal, this would be the morning of the 16th in North America) I will be sending more frequent dispatches - so stay tuned!!!

 

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