Today was a day off and our team spent time sleeping and exploring the rest of the camp. 17,400 ft elevation is a lot to acclimatize to, and many have migraines and gastrointestinal issues. I get winded just walking down to the toilet tents only 50 feet below. The scenery continues to get more and more majestic and you can see the route through the icefall very clearly.
Tomorrow is another rest day with a Puja at noon with the local Lama. I met up with friends Mike Hamill (Antarctica & Elbrus) owner of Climbing the Seven Summits and Julie Mckelvey (Elbrus) they have a village camp located about 15 min. Julie arrives to EBC April 10. The 14 Peaks base camp dome tents are still being set up. We have a single space heater in the dining room. During the day it feels like 60 but once the sun goes down the temps plummeted 40 degrees to 20. I can see my breath in the dome tent - not what I was expecting but it’s still mountaineering and I’m not complaining and we have internet !!
There are dogs in the camp that randomly enter our done tent - they are Himalayan mountain dogs - such beautiful and gentle animals. We are almost at 1/3 toward our million goal !
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Hopecam Child Kayelah
Yesterday after 5 miles we stood at the entrance to EBC. I filmed a dedication to our Hopecam child Kayelah from Miami, FL and is she is in 12th Grade and is treated at Alex's Place Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and uses the Chromebook we sent her to take online cooking classes while she fights cancer. She wants to be a chef and Hopecam helped open that door! The held up a sign in the picture she sent that says "sometimes you forget you are awesome - SO HERE IS YOUR REMINDER”. Wow if that's not a bolt of encouragement I don't know what is!
Len’s Message to Hopecam Child Kayelah
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