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Packing Under the Monsoon Rains in Kathmandu
Sunday, August 24, 1997 (Kathmandu)
[Click to hear the sat-phone call.]
Transcript:
Hi you guys, it's Craig Calonica here, I'm reporting for Saturday the twenty-third and Sunday the twenty-fourth. I'm just busy packing and getting things in order. Not really too much of anything exciting happening on this end. There are some more road problems, but we'll get through it. Yes, it's raining. We get lots of rain in Kathmandu this time of year, and it's definitely keeping it's reputation up as being monsoon season. It's in the tail end, but we're still getting it. I will be in touch again tomorrow. I hope everyone there is doing fine. I'll talk with you later. Bye-bye.
— Craig Calonica, Expedition Leader
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