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22nd May 2004 | Base Camp is a beehive

May 22, 2004

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Spoke with Maji and Aunt Alice.There was to be a prayer meeting for my well-being. Strict warning given not to indulge in anymore adventure activity.

21st May 2004 | Base Camp comfort

May 21, 2004

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Some new tents have come up. The water level in streams have increased. Throat bad, cough even worse. Had lunch enroute. Pande and Bala Sir came to receive us a short way up.

20th May 2004 | Summiters are back

May 20, 2004

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Weather has been bad, snowfall in ABC. Kankan Sir also moved down from Camp 2 with Tenzing Sherpa.Joseba ( Basque, Spain) dropped by to tell us that Kankan Sir would be coming in a few minutes.

19 May 2004 | The painful descent

May 19, 2004

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Sultan, the Tibetan kitchen boy was at crampon point with juice. He got my rucksack from there on his own. Have been coughing in spells, but heavily. Parched lips.

18th May 2004 | A Curt Refusal

May 18, 2004

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The climb on rocks without crampons was also difficult. Sun caught up with me at the ice patch. She told me she was not well. I offered Oxygen and she refused. Met the Korean leader just on the stretch.