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Everest Dispatch #89
May 27, 2009
Namche, Nepal
By Dave Hahn
The cyclone pushed us out of Everest Basecamp. Early yesterday morning, it tried to crush us in our tents. Heavy, wet snow was falling at the rate of perhaps three inches per hour. Everything was getting buried fast… tents, yaks, climbing gear. It was tough to tell just how much accumulation there was since the ground is so uneven to begin with at BC, but it was common to be thigh deep while attempting to get from one tent to another Read More…
Everest Dispatch #88
May 25, 2009
Everest Basecamp
By Dave Hahn
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Everest season end so early or so abruptly. It began snowing hard at basecamp at around 6 AM and that has continued without pause for the entire day. Cyclone 02B out of the Bay of Bengal is the likely culprit. That was the same “depression” that prompted my summit squad to speed up our attempt, and in fact to go a day earlier than we’d originally planned. That all worked out, just barely, but I must admit that as we walked down the Western Cwm early yesterday morning under temporarily clear skies, I wondered what all the rush had been for. No wonder anymore. This is a big storm and our forecasts say it hasn’t actually arrived yet… the whole cyclone may track right over Everest in the next few days. Read More…
*Next dispatch from the team will be at the South Col, their descent
will take approximately 4 hours
Team Hahn Summit Day Audio Dispatch #01
Everest Dispatch #79
11:30pm May 22 Nepal Time
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Everest Dispatch #78
10:00pm May 22 Nepal Time
26,000 ft
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Transcript:
Linden Mallory, Base Camp Manager (LM): Go ahead Dave this is base.
Dave Hahn (DH): Base camp. So it’s 10pm. We’re awake and our stoves are going. I think we are going to go ahead with the “walking at midnight” plan. We still got wind here but here at the South Col it’s maybe 15[mph] at the moment. Doesn’t appear to be any cloud caps on the summit. No high clouds. We got stars and like I said winds are about 15[mph] at the Col. Over. Read More…
Everest Dispatch #77
8:00pm May 22 Nepal Time
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Dave Hahn (DH): First Ascent base camp. First Ascent base camp. Do you copy Camp 4?
Linden Mallory, Base Camp Manager (LM): Hi Dave. This is base. Go ahead.
(DH): Hey Linden. 8[pm] in the evening. The wind still sounds just as bad on the tents. I’m guessing blowing in the low 20’s. Read More…
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