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Everest 97 NAVBAR
DISPATCHES FROM EVEREST
Team Scientist, Freddy Blume, reports from Everest

Blume
Over Forty Climbers Begin Their Summit Attempts
Thursday, May 22, 1997 -- 11:30am PST
Friday, May 23, 1997 -- 12:45am Nepal

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Right now there are somewhere between 40 and 47 people on their way from the South Col to the Summit! (John Tinker and his group have gone incommunicado, and nobody knows what they're doing, but the weather has turned perfect, so everybody's moving). Guy Cotter's Kiwi bunch were apparently the first out of the Col at 10:45pm, (with Breashears, Athans and the NOVA film crew), followed by the 18-man Malaysian group at 11pm.

Mal Duff's crew has a single climber (named Mark) with a Sherpa, and the Canadians are on the move with five climbers and two Sherpas. Tinker has another seven (apparently) at the Col, but it remains to be seen how many of them go up.

Like I said, the weather couldn't be better. Reports from the Col are NO WIND, NO CLOUDS, and not too cold. It's also spectacular down here. The forecast for tomorrow is for winds in the 30-35 knot range, so let's hope that nothing catches this huge crowd by surprise.

-- Frederick Blume, Team Scientist



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