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Ciao Mountain Zone!
Sunday, June 11, 2000
"...I will be okay within two months, 'without loose any part of my body.' But it is difficult to wait so long for me because I already want to start to rock climb and training!"

Moro and Urubko Summit
Wednesday, May 24, 2000
"After having everything imaginable go wrong that could wrong, Simone Moro summitted Everest this morning at 10:40am, with his Kazakhstan climbing partner Denis Urubku...."

Moro at South Col
Sunday, May 21, 2000
"...We are tired, because every time is, South Col is bad load, but we have again refueled...."

Moro Better, Reaches Base Camp
Friday, May 19, 2000
"...Stay with us, this is the most important day of our expedition and I hope to give you the presents of both summits...."

Injured Moro to Trudge On
Thursday, May 18, 2000
"...I had a little accident on my left leg and now I have big difficulty to walking...."

Maximum Concentration
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
"...now the way on the Everest is open. And as you know, me and Denis, we already slept in South Col so we are ready for our traverse...."

Moving Back up to Base Camp
Tuesday, May 16, 2000
"So stay with us, in the next day you will follow us during our attempt of Everest...."

A Safe Return from the South Col
Saturday, May 13, 2000
"...we had many difficulties because as you know it is very difficult to reach the South Col. Also because we have to carry everything ourselves. We spent the night without sleeping bags...."

Preparing to Leave Base Camp...Again
Tuesday, May 9, 2000
"...tomorrow me and Denis we will start from the Base Camp to going up, up high...."

Moro, the Eternal Optimist
Monday, May 8, 2000
"...we were there like two stupid guys. So I said to Denis, 'What do we do now?'..."

Digging for Buried Tent at Camp III
Sunday, May 7, 2000
"...shoveling for three hours in the places where we believe that we have our tents...."

Ready for a Strong Effort
Friday, May 5, 2000
"But anyway, this is unknown for us and for everybody...Professor D'allaglio , yesterday checked me out and thought that we are ready to do a strong effort...."

Breathing, Intestines and Everest
Thursday, May 4, 2000
"We are studying like a performance model of middle-age farmer diet that include the possibility to involve the intestinal system in the breathing and restoration and metabolism of oxygen..."

Best Week to Take a Rest
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
"...last week, was bad weather and bad condition on the mountain. So probably I choose the best week to take a rest.."

The Study of Simone Moro
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
"Professor D'allaglio , which has been working together with the group Right Power...studying how to increase the capabilities and the performance of extreme sportsmen, like Simone is.."

Storm View from Deboche
Monday, May 1, 2000
"Probably we took a good decision because from here we saw that on Everest and Lhotse there is bad weather and strong, strong winds. And so probably we are not losing time..."

Recovering in the Forest
Saturday, April 29, 2000
"In this moment I am seated in the forest, at 3,300 meter high. In fact, today I walked, along with Denis, about 30 kilometers...."

Avoiding Risks
Friday, April 28, 2000
Dan Morrison at Base Camp: "Simone Moro was scheduled to go high today, but when I arrived at Moro's tent, which is just about as far from our camp as you can be and still be in Base Camp, he was talking to his father on his satellite phone...."

Winds Force Descent from Camp III
Friday, April 28, 2000
"...We try our best, but looking around I believe that these weather conditions will be...will continue also for tomorrow, and after tomorrow...."

Unstable Weather
Tuesday, April 25, 2000
"...the plan was for going up, but we prefer to stay here because the sunny morning melted the snow. But now it's continued to snowing and not very hard. But anyways, the weather is very bad..."

Forced Rest at Base Camp
Monday, April 24, 2000
"I am in Base Camp, together with Denis, but all the expeditions are taking a rest. It is a forced rest..."

Back Down to Rest
Friday, April 21, 2000
"So, the plan is that I will go to South Col, I will spend the night there and after that I will descend into the valley for recovery..."

Simone Moro Robbed in Base Camp
Friday, April 21, 2000
"'They took my digital camera,' Moro told Base Camp correspondent Dan Morrison as he looked around at the disarray in his tent. 'They took my sleeping bag'...."

Simone Reaches Camp III
Friday, April 21, 2000
"We did a great job like I promised you — me and Denis we start two days ago, we went directly to Camp II, we sleep there and the day after, carrying everything on our backs, we reached the third camp..."

Epic Moro
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Dan Morrison Interview of Simone Moro at Base Camp: "On Christmas Day of 1997, Anatoli Boukreev was swept to his death on Annapurna. With him on the rope was Italian mountaineer Simone Moro. Now at Mount Everest Base Camp, Moro recalls the fatal accident...."

Last Hours of Rest
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
"It will be a big effort because, as you know, we have no Sherpas and we don't use oxygen..."

Music on the Mountain
Monday, April 17, 2000
"...I have everything to survive: tent, mattress, tools, gas, sometimes also one walkman with the music for relaxing in the evening time...."

Moro Resting for "Big Effort"
Sunday, April 16, 2000
"I will stay here two days more and after me and Denis we will do a big effort and we want to go to 7400 meters, sleep there at Camp III...."

Moro Reaches Camp II
Saturday, April 15, 2000
"...so we are very happy because after two days of our arrival here we already reach the Camp II, we spend the night there ...."

Simone Moro and the Legacy of Anatoli Boukreev
Friday, April 14, 2000
Dan Morrison at Base Camp: "Simone Moro would probably prefer to be known as just an accomplished Italian mountaineer, which he is. But through a harsh twist of fate for now, at least, he is known as the man who was on the rope with with Anatoli Boukreev..."

Snowing at Base Camp
Thursday, April 13, 2000
"This moment it is snowing. That is usual every afternoon, since one week it is snowing but not so much, but a few centimeters and in the morning, with the first sun, every snow is melted...."

First Night at Base Camp
Wednesday, April 12, 2000
"Today we are in Base Camp, we arrived this morning and we work all the day in preparing the place to where we can put our tents..."

Views from Kala Patar
Tuesday, April 11, 2000
"From the summit of Kala Patar it was also possible to see the Everest Base Camp and there is huge tents — so many tents, probably too much...."

Italian Pyramid Laboratory
Monday, April 10, 2000
"We are calling from 5000 meters from the Italian Pyramid Laboratory, 15 minutes after the village of Lobuche. From here to the Base Camp should be three or three-and-one-half hours..."

First View of Lhotse
Sunday, April 9, 2000
"Just now we have arrived Dingboche, is 4400 meter high. Is a nice village, and around our walls we can see very wonderful mountains. Up there is the Ama Dablam, the holy mountain...."

Urubko and Moro Unite
Saturday, April 8, 2000
"...he flew in Lukla and in the same day he run to Namche because he want to meet me. For him, it is the first time that he go outside his country Kazakhstan..."

Italians Need Bread
Thursday, April 6, 2000
"Today and tomorrow I will do the last purchase. I want to buy kerosene and petrol for my generator and buy also bread...."

Moro's Partner En Route
Thursday, April 6, 2000
"I have received just now good news; my friend Denis Urubko called, the Kazakh climber that didn't arrive in Kathmandu before my departure is now in Kathmandu, so everything should be okay..."

Trek Begins
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
"Today is the first day trekking. We flew to Lukla and then we walked very easily in two or three hours until Phakding..."

Moro Begins Trek, Alone
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
"I have bad news because today my climbing partner Denis Urubko has not arrived from Kazakhstan and so tomorrow I have to start for the trekking..."

Ciao Mountain Zone!
Tuesday, April 4, 2000
"I'm here in Kathmandu and I decided to send you the first email..."