Firat Eren

From a series of dispatches from the Alpine Ascents 2007 Everest Expedition team.

Namaste and Tashi Delek everyone out there!

I’ve been a bit out of the loop here in cybercasting land since I was under the weather for a few days after our drop back. I’m slowly coming back around and my body is starting to cooperate. Everyone around camp is abuzz with summit hopes and ideas. Many people have already headed up on their summit pushes and many more are on their way tomorrow and the day after. It’s an exciting time of the season for everyone!

We are planning on having at least another day here at BC before we head up to begin our long march to the summit. The forecasts are starting to solidify and come together in a good way for us and I’m optimistic how things are shaping up. Today we had a mix of rain and sun. We’re still enjoying the luxuries here in BC. That includes a great game of Texas Hold ‘Em tonight with another American team coming over to utilize our professional chips. Hopefully the local boys do well. With sun out each day we we’ve also been able to enjoy some movies the past couple of days- a great distracter to keep the mind off the summit push until we actually begin.

The team is healthy and strong with no real sickness or difficulties to hang us up at this point. We’re looking forward to an exciting and wild 3rd week of May here!

We’ll be in touch soon.

All the best,
Dave