Dispatches

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Casey Henley reporting from Ama Dablam base camp.
We are putting the finishing touches on our prep work to ascend Ama Dablam. We should be summiting in three or four days. The mountain is pretty crowded. Consequently, we are going to skip Camp II and just go from Camp I to Camp III, and then attempt the summit the next day. Everyone is doing well and is relatively healthy. There is a head cold going around the Khumbu, and a few people have colds and coughs. But for the most part everyone is doing well here on high. I will be back in touch in one week. It will take two days to come down from Camp III and then we will be off to Kathmandu. All the climbing members will send their love to their families.

October 21, 2004

Island Peak update from Casey
Everyone is doing well. All members of the team summated Island Peak yesterday. The group will say goodbye to Paul and the Ama Dablam team will be at Base Camp tomorrow. There are many groups on Ama Dablam as the route is backed up due to weather. I’ll give a dispatch in the next week or so.