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Yesterday, we traveled from Tingri over Pang La, and continued down into the Rongbuk Valley, Rongbuk Monastery, and eventually to Base Camp, a trip that took us about 5 ½ hours. Our sherpas made it in the day before and had already established some of our tents, and yesterday afternoon, we set up our communications tent and a storage tent and more sleeping tents.

Today, we've been making yak loads in preparation for our yak drivers who are coming in a couple of days. Everybody did well after their first night at 17,000 feet. Tomorrow we expect to do more of the same, making up loads for our 42 yaks that will be here. We're going to be having our puja on the first of April which is the day after tomorrow.

So that's about it for now. Tomorrow, we're going to send a dispatch and photos, and we just want to let everybody know that all's well here at Mount Everest. The weather's good, and we're doing fine. See ya.

—Eric Simonson, Expedition Leader

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