Greetings to everybody down there and a good morning to you.
It is just after 6:00 am on the 27th of May, our local time, and we are reporting to you from the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition from Camp III at about 22,600 ft on the Lhotse Face. We had a great dinner last night. Everyone had very good appetites. We had soup, and hors d'ouerves of crackers, pepper salami, cheese, and we had rice with chili con carne over the top, several rounds of hot drinks. And then I don't think it was cerebral edema but as soon as we turned on our oxygen I heard angels in the background singing "hallelujah! hallelujah!"
We all spent an excellent night on oxygen, everybody's in good shape, good spirits, and we're raring' to go to go to the South Col. Right now we're packing up, preparing for our Sherpas to come up and help us do the move, and we are out of here. It's another great day here on Mount Everest, a little windy but sunny, and we're looking forward to touching 8,000 meters today.
— Willi Prittie, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent