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Frustration
Sunday, October 5, 1997
(Everest North Face base camp, Tibet)
[Click to hear the sat-phone call.]
Transcript:
Hello there, it's Craig Calonica at base camp, Everest North side, 9:00, Sunday the 5th.
Nothing really has changed here, the weather is still pretty windy.
It doesn't appear that the wind is going to go away right away at all.
The eye scene is getting worse. I woke up today with a pretty good headache and much more blurred vision and no way to get out of here. Hopefully, tomorrow there will be some sort of vehicle transportation and I can try to get down to a lower elevation and find out what is going on here.
Anyway, that's about it for now. I don't know what else to say.
I'd give a big scream out of frustration and anger but I'd think something might fall off, so I think that I'll just leave it as it is. I hope everyone is okay back home. Take it easy. Bye-bye.
— Craig Calonica, Expedition Leader
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