Shishapangma

Hear The Team's Call from Tibet
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Hey, this is Hans Saari and just hanging out at Base Camp at about 4,000m, semi-preliminary Base Camp. I spent the afternoon juggling, and throwing a Frisbee and bouldering. Looking forward to tomorrow, tomorrow's going to be a big day. We're going to climb up to Base Camp, which will be about a 4,000-foot day and that will be definitely a test of everybody's acclimatizing. And, I'm going to pass you onto Mike.

I wasn't ready for that, but yeah it's going great. We're getting some nice images and we're excited for telling a nice story.

Hi, this is Dave and I just wanted to let you guys know that these guys drink a lot of scotch...[laughter in background]...'It's not true.'

Hi, this is Mark and finally feeling better after having a long day of praying to the porcelain god, if we had one of those around — it was more like the bushes on the side of the hike in. But, having a little fruit cocktail with dinner and going to have some tisane tea and things are going fabulous. Looking forward to hiking a little bit more tomorrow and getting to Base Camp. And actually getting into our duffel bags and finding out where that candy bar that I packed is, and where my headlamp might be, and all those type of things...Kris? Kris is...

Kris: I've had a good night and I'm having fun.

Mark: Alright, hey, thanks for listening to us and we'll be sending some more images of the yaks, and how the yak loading went, and our hike in, to you probably tomorrow when we get to Base Camp.

Bye.

— 1999 American Shishapangma Expedition, MountainZone.com Correspondent

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