Thursday, April 20. 2006
20 April: Basecamp snow and members leaving
Thursday, April 20. 2006
Hi all, here is a little 7summits team update from Basecamp! We left Xigar the morning of the 18th and this time the missing towel check at the Chomolongma Hotel only took 30 minutes 
We have taken a guest with us, lovely Ms Ivana Coria from Argentina who is bravely cycling around the world and was dying to see a proper Everest expedition up close. Well, she came to the right place and in return we have been enjoying her company and travel stories and pictures.
There was no view from Pang La, so we continued quickly to Taschi Dzom, where we shared our lunch boxes with the locals.
The buses were slipping every now and then, but we arrived at BC safely. Alex, Max, Andrey and the others were waiting and soon we all were inside our private tents, quickly followed by a nice welcome lunch.
Some members were feeling bad; Thomas kept throwing up, Milan did not lose his headache and Barbara was feeling generally bad. Andrey managed to 'fix' Thomas quite quickly and he is a lot better now (20th April) and out for a hike.
But though Barbara seemed to be better yesterday (19th), she felt worse today and we have decided to send her down. She was planned to go to ABC, but even if she would have made it she would not have enjoyed it. The jeep has just left and with her are Milan and Sergey. These 2 will get out in Taschi Dzom, to recover as they were both feeling bad. The small village is 1000m lower and generally 1 or 2 days here make a world of difference. So we will see them again in 2 days, hopefully a lot better!
Tomorrow the first team will head up to intermediate camp, and the rest will follow one day after.
Meanwhile it has stopped snowing and the weather is really nice now. Though the wind is still chilly, the sun is out and Everest has shown herself since yesterday evening, as always very inspirational.
