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A Safe Return from the South Col
Base Camp - Saturday, May 13, 2000
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Ciao Mountain Zone. Here is Simone again. Today is the 13th and now it is 8:47pm. So today me and Denis we returned from the South Col [Unintelligible] in only two days. We went to South Col and we spent the night there and now our acclimatization problem is finished.
And 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, so we had only a tent and a camera to be as light as we can. It was very cold but anyway everything is done.
So, we went to the South Col at 8000 meters we lived there. In one day we came back 4000 meters to here and now we go down to Deboche for three or four days of resting. And then we will try our attempt. We will try our traverse. Everything is done now, all the heavy difficulties. Anyway I will take the phone with me — all during the day when we go down in the valley and I will send you the update. Bye-bye.
— Simone Moro, MountainZone.com Correspondent
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