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On the Road to Everest
Saturday, August 30, 1997 (Tingri, Tibet)
[Click to hear the sat-phone call.]
Transcript:
Tibetan highlands in the afternoon
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Hi guys, this is Craig Calonica. It's Saturday the 30th, 2:00 pm in the afternoon here in Tingri. Nice day here, started out to be really nice.
We're going to head off to Xegar and spend the night there just because there's a little more to do and then we'll be driving off to Everest base camp tomorrow morning.
Kind of out in this big huge field right now with a bunch of Tibetan nomads and horses, cows, sheep, yaks. It's pretty cool. A huge thunderstorm is going on all over the place — except where we're sitting.
We met Eric Simonson today. [click to read his account of climbing Everest's North Face] He's taking a group up to Cho Oyu. They seem to be in pretty good spirits. They were taking off to go soak in the hot springs down the road a little ways.
Not too much excitement happening yet. I'll be in touch.
— Craig Calonica, Expedition Leader
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