Good morning to everyone out there. Or actually, for all of you it's probably afternoon or evening. This is the Alpine Ascents International 2003 trekking party reporting in. We had a beautiful morning hike up to Gorak Shep yesterday and just chilled and spent some rest time acclimatizing and rest time today for our big day, walk to Base Camp and back today. We have an absolutely stellar morning, one of those mornings in the mountains that you can see 100 miles. It seems like you could reach out and touch that far.
So we're going to be walking to Base Camp and reuniting with the climbing team as well today. We split up yesterday so we could fulfill our own agenda here for a couple of days. We'll be back here at Gorak Shep again this evening for another night at 16,900 feet.
Everybody passed a very good night here. Largely due to everyone taking our advice very seriously about gaining altitude and walking very slowly so we could maximize the whole acclimatization process. So, in short, we're feeling great, raring to go, and we're going to be seeing Base Camp and the Khumbu Icefall today and that's all for now!
— Willi Prittie, Alpine Ascents International Guide and MountainZone.com Correspondent
