tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10896786.post-1117539328647482392005-05-31T12:34:00.000+01:002005-06-01T00:29:15.720+01:00Stuart called at mid day today to give a brief message:<br /><br />On the 30th of May 3 climbers (Tim Mosedale, Ian Wade and Stuart Holmes) and 4 Sherpas (Phanden Sherpa, Mingma Sherpa, Pasang Sherpa, Jangbu Sherpa) Summited Everest. The first of the climbers reached the top at 6am.<br /><br />All team members are well and back down at ABC.<br /><br />Stuart will write a full report when they reach Kathmandu.<br /><br />The plan now is to clear up the camps, The Sherpas are climbing again to the higher camps tomorrow to clear the mountain of all the expeditions equipment and waste.<br /><br />On the 3rd of June the Team will move down to BC.<br />4th June drive from BC to Kathmandu.<br />5th June Kathmandu<br />8th June Fly back to the UK<br /><br />Next official update from Kathmandu in a few days.<br /><br />--<br />Stuart did talk a little about his climb and the conditions on the climb…<br /><br />The climb to C2 was particularly hard with strong winds. The forecast was for even stronger winds and snow.<br />From C2 to C3 at 7600 Stuart was having a particularly uncomfortable time and thought that he would be turning back (I’m sure he’ll be writing more about this…) Eventually he made C3 long after the others.<br />Leaving C3 Stuart’s thoughts were just to see how high he could get. They all set off together but he and Tim managed to overtake a larger slow group to get ahead and had a better time. More soon…Karrimor 2005 Everest Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078929485295834093noreply@blogger.com