Updates From Everest Click here to get the FREE Real Audio Player to hear sat-phone calls. Calonica Road Slide Between Kathmandu and Everest Base Camp Adds Time to Plans Thursday, August 21, 1997 (Kathmandu) [Click to hear the sat-phone call.] Transcript: Hello, it's Craig Calonica. How are you guys doing. It is Thursday the 21st, 7:15 p.m. from Kathmandu. I'm sorry, I've been so busy since I got back here organizing and rearranging and getting everything together, that I haven't had time to sit down and write anything yet. There're quite a few things going on and it's just from sun-up to sun-down type stuff. I will be sending you some information about the missed days, when the power system wasn't available and working, but that will be filled in very soon. There's been -- one of the things that happened that is latest news is a big road slide going from the drive to Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp...(jumbled audio)...not sure right now about that and how to go about it. It looked like we were going to have to fly into Lhasa at 350 a pound, and 2,000 or 3,000 pounds was looking quite expensive. Since then, we have found out that we can walk in "x" amount of hours, so we will be able to continue as we wished and planned previously. It's just going to add another day getting in there. Anyway, the communication lately has been not as great as I would have liked to have been able to do, but I feel sure and certain that soon it will be back on track. It was kind of rough. I'm doing a lot of the organizing on my own, so I'm kind of overloaded at the moment. Please accept my apology. I hope to speak with all of you soon. Take it easy. Good morning in your case and in the next couple of hours, I'll be going to sleep. Have a great time. Talk to you later. — Craig Calonica, Expedition Leader PREVIOUS UPDATE | UPDATES HOME | NEXT UPDATE