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Team 11: 14,200', June 30, 2002
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Hello MountainZone, this is Eric Larson with Alpine Ascents 11 expedition. It's the 30th of June and it's about 5:00. We just got finished with our Thai peanut sauce meal, and it was pretty tasty. Tomorrow, I think we're going to be heading up to 16,5, to carry some gear up to the top of the fixed lines. It should last about 6 hours round trip.

"...we're going to have a rest day after tomorrow and hopefully the weather will hold out and we go to the summit soon..."

Today we practiced fixed lines and running belays down here at 14 camp, and also in the morning we back-carried from 13,5 up to 14,2. So it was a pretty restful day. Everybody's a little worn out, but they're doing fine. We're going to have a rest day after tomorrow and hopefully the weather will hold out and we go to the summit soon.

I'd just like to say hi to my wife Kat, hope everything's going well, and I'd like to say I love you and thanks for the support and love that you give me. We all say hello to our families also and wish we were with them, but we'll be there soon enough.

So we'll get back to you soon. This is Eric Larson with Alpine Ascents, saying goodbye.

Eric Larson, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent