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Team 11: 14,200', Wednesday, July 3, 2002
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Hey Zone, this is Dave Bangert with the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. We are presently hanging out at 14.2. It's a little stormy, we're getting about a foot a day or so, winds are, oh, probably 20-30 mph down here, but up higher they're calling for 50-80 mph winds.

"...spirits are high, we haven't killed each other yet so we're doin' alright..."

So right now we're in a holding pattern, but we've got plenty of food, fuel looks alright, team's doing well, everybody's happy, we're eating quite well, and they've been perfecting their shoveling technique--so we've been building lots of walls and digging trenches.

We'll clue you in tomorrow on our progress, but right now, this forecast, it looks a little iffy. But everybody's doing well, spirits are high, we haven't killed each other yet so we're doin' alright. Talk to you soon.

Dave Bangert, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent