Hello, MountainZone, this is Alpine Ascents International Ama Dablam 2002 Expedition, Jim Williams reporting. All's well in Namche, we had another beautiful morning. We had great apple pancakes at the, as they call it, the international house of pancakes. Lots of hands went in to the effort, we had pancakes and eggs and pure maple syrup for breakfast and now everybody's taking off for a walk to Kunde? and Kumjung, and lunch up in Kumjung and then back here to Namche Bazaar.

Tomorrow morning we will take off and head to Pangboche with a short stop in Tengboche. The weather's nice, slight breeze, not a cloud in the sky. We had great views. Everybody's healthy, and doing fine, eager to get to Base Camp. We hope to be to Base Camp on the 25th, and have Base Camp completely established and everybody there and ready to go.

So everything's on schedule, everbody's healthy, everybody's happy and glad to be here. Talk to you again tomorrow. Have a good day, and everybody, we're all looking forward to Thanksgiving. Take care, bye-bye.

— Jim Williams, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent