I heard from Kyle again last night. They had to wait an extra day before they left base camp. Today Kyle was travelling to intermediate base camp. He is with five other people, three Sherpas and two climbers. The head Sherpa is acting as the guide. This will be his sixth summit. Kyle met a 16-year-old girl from Romania who was attempting to summit Everest for the first time on her bid to finish the Seven Summits. Unfortunately, she got appendicitis and had to return to Tibet. One of the other climbers in Kyle's group is from Russia, but he speaks no English. Too bad my Dad is not there to translate!
The weather has been pretty good--about 40 degrees during the day. Frankly, that's about how warm it is has been around here! That's it for now.
Jill
George said to tell you we have perfectly good mountains right here in Colorado to climb... such the comedian he is. When you were a little tyke you climbed all over everything but in our wildest dreams we never pictured you climbing Mount Everest. God's dreams much wilder than we do. ;) Stay safe, breath deep and enjoy the splendor of your maker. ~God Bless~ George and Sharron Croteau
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