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Thanksgiving Greetings from Base Camp
Dispatch 11.28

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(Jim): Hello Peter and MountainZone, this is Alpine Ascents International Ama Dablam 2002 Thanksgiving Day, try 2. So we're all here at Base Camp, having made a carry to Yak Camp yesterday and today the Sherpas carried up some gear and claimed Camp I for us. We stayed down and took a rest day and tomorrow we will move up. Hopefully we'll be able to move up the mountain continuously from here with only rest days on the mountain, not coming back here to Base Camp. Hopefully the next time we come back to Base Camp we will be on our way back home to see all of you.

So, with no further ado, we'll start over here and people will give their Thanksgiving greetings.

(Houck): Hi, this is Houck. I just wanted to wish Happy Thanksgiving to all family and friends back home. We had a great Thanksgiving here, a great Thanksgiving meal, and we're going to have some pumpkin pie here in a little bit. We've had some great food here at Base Camp the whole time, we've had great cooks here. Tomorrow, as Jim said, we're moving up the mountain, going back up to Yak Camp and on to Camp I continuously up the mountain from there. So we're all pretty excited about where we're at, everybody's feeling great, and we're ready to do that. Again, Happy Thanksgiving to everybody at home, and we'll talk to you soon.

(Chris): Hi, this is Chris, I want to wish Happy Thanksgiving to everybody back home, especially to Alicia, Sara, Tim and Nate, and of course, Bongo. And just want to let everyone know that we had a great Thanksgiving dinner cooked by our Sherpa cook, and a good recovery day after a long day yesterday of hauling up to Yak Camp. And everybody's doing well, healthy, strong, looking forward to moving up. We will talk to you when we get back. Happy Thanksgiving again.

(Don): Hi, this is Don. Want to wish Happy Thanksgiving to Mom and Dad, Matt, Katie, Tammi. Hope everything's going well. Everything's fine here. Look forward to talking to you soon, and hope you have a great holiday.

(Scott): Hello, this is Scott. I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in Minnesota and Oregon and wanted to let everyone know I've stayed healthy so far, no vomiting yet. And I am at Base Camp with everyone, and we're moving up the mountain tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving.

(Randy): Hello, this is Randy Luskey calling. Wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to Nicole, and Christian and Will. I miss you guys a lot. We're sitting here with the sun setting on Ama Dablam. We're heading up the mountain tomorrow, which is exciting. We've been playing a lot of cards and kind of biding our time. And also wanted to say, from the Nepali chapter of the Tall Mike club, like to say hello to the Reno chapter. We're all painting stuff on our coats and getting ready to ride up the hill. So, anyway, we're all in good spirits, and we're all missing everybody back in the States. And we'll talk to you soon.

(Dave): Hello, everyone, this is Dave Morton. I wanted to say a Happy Thanksgiving out to all those friends in Park City and Austin. Having a great time guiding up here with Jim "The Griz" Williams. We had a, we just had a great Thanksgiving meal Jim and Gilfol our cook put together. So we're eating Thanksgiving sherpa-style: we've got the juniper in the background, burning. Anyway, everyone's looking forward to moving up out of Base Camp, getting up to Camp I and (unintelligible) says their looking forward to trindling rocks down on everybody left here at Base Camp. So anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, here's Jim.

(Jim): Ok, well Thanksgiving greetings to all. And to all my family, (the) crew in Wemberly, Texas and two from Jackson, Wyoming and everybody else along the way, Happy Thanksgiving. We are going to be off in the morning. The next cybercast should come from somewhere near Camp I or Yak Camp. We look forward to talking with you soon, and have a Happy Thanksgiving. Bye-bye.

Jim Williams, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent