Updates From Everest Tumpach Everest Base Camp by Tomorrow Tuesday, October 21, 1997 (Everest Base Camp, Nepal) Well, we made it to the Base Camp on the 19th after we visited a very popular trekking hill —"KALA PATAR". We had good weather for a few minutes. I must tell you the WEATHER here is as BAD as it was in TIBET. The Spanish and FRENCH teams did not SUMMIT; they reached 7200m on SOUTH COL. On the other hand the KOREANS are claiming that they DID summit on 17th of Oct.— two KOREANS and three Sherpas. The Italians climbed without Sherpas. George and Chongba Sherpa in the Khumbu Icefall After we arrived at BC, we immediately went to Climb the KHUMBU ICEFALL because today the Sherpas start to remove the ladders used to cross the crevasses. Yesterday we climbed to 20,500' with my Spanish cameraman and we filmed inside the ICEFALL. WE returned back to Base camp with the help of head lights; it was 8:30 pm. Today we got up at 5am and by 8pm we were back at 20,500'. We continued climbing up to 21,200' where we met the Sherpa crew which was dismantling ladders so we had to return. The weather in the morning was excellent in the Icefall. We did fantastic filming. Now we are on the way back to LUKLA; we have only two-and-a-half days to reach Lukla. In our team we have two YAKS; a Sherpa, CHONGBA; three porters; one cameraman and me. Each YAK and porter carries a corporate flag of the companies that participated in LeBLANC EVEREST EXPEDITION. Let me tell you that we are generating a lot of ATTENTION. The trails are full of trekkers from all over the world and when they see us they taking more pictures of our caravan than the mountains they come to see. We are having a good time; we are very busy answering all the questions. — George Tumpach PREVIOUS UPDATE | UPDATES HOME | NEXT UPDATE