Updates From Everest Click here to get the FREE Real Audio Player to hear sat-phone calls. Calonica Overcoming Power Challenges Saturday, August 16, 1997 (Thorong Phedi) [Click to hear the sat-phone call.] Transcript: Hello guys this is Craig Calonica. It's Saturday the 16th, 3:40 here in Thorong Phedi. We ran out of power as I told you last time, and that was the last time that I had power. We just found this big old battery sitting around in this village before we go over Thorong Pass, so I borrowed it from them, did some splicing and c'est voila, it's working. Anyway, it's really gorgeous. As soon as I get more time, and tomorrow I'll be in the area where I can plug-in and recharge all the batteries and whatnot, I'll fill you in with the rest via some email. It's been really gorgeous. The lake was a bit [unclear audio] as usual. All those peaks that I wrote about earlier just towering straight out with some real good light. Considering we're in monsoons, we got lucky. The gods are with us obviously. And, it is of course raining right now. Tomorrow we go over Thorong Pass, down to Muktinath. We'll be recharging and, from that point on, we should be in contact every day afterward because we'll be flying out from Jomson the next day; the 19th, actually, we fly out from Jomson -- but all these places will have power. We'll be recharging. I go to Kathmandu, I fly to Lhasa the 21st, come back the 23rd and drive out. And when we don't have power, we have our own generator from then on, so you will be able to hear me whenever you want. Okay, I'm going to run. I have some more stuff to try to figure out how to rig together here, like computer – maybe I'm stepping beyond my bounds, but I'm pretty good at at least giving it a good try. Adios. -- Craig Calonica, Expedition Leader [Back to Updates Home]