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Toward the Yellow Band
Camp III - Sunday, May 21, 2000
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Okay here you go. Hello Mountain Zone. This is Willi Prittie reporting from Mount Everest, the Alpine Ascents International Everest Program. I am reporting from 7,500 meters on the Lhotse Face. We are traversing to the Yellow Band now, which is a very famous, prominent feature, below the Geneva Spur, which is in turn below the South Col.
We have a lot of cloud cover today, both above us and below us, but not too much in the way of wind, and it's at least moderated temperature. At least for myself, the last few hundred meters have been push and shove; it's a lot of work up here and it's not a place you can stop and [Unintelligible] for a while. But, things are going well...now I feel.... everyone is doing great, of course the Sherpas are the backbone of the expedition at this point.
So, things are going well; we're continuing on. We're putting the face in, the weather's worked out and it's said the weather will be improving in the next couple of days and we'll see what happens at this point. That's all for now.
— Willi Prittie, Alpine Ascents Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent
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