September 11, 2007

Liz got word from Keith this morning.

They are all back down at base camp for rest and supplies. Keith said he was really tired but in good shape. The three Canadians in the group had a big day of ice climbing yesterday to fix ropes. They will use the fixed ropes to help them get up the ice sections without having to technically climb the sections every time.

The weather has been excellent so far, very warm. Yesterday, the camp cook sent dinner up to them. Yak dumplings were on the menu and were reported to be "awesome". Liz thinks these plush meals are going to spoil the boys...

Some of you have been having problems with the link Keith sent for the blog site. Here it is again, if you can't link to it by clicking, then try typing it in. Apparently Gonzalo will be making regular updates to the blog while at base camp.

http://www.manaslu2007.blogspot.com

Also, Keith said you can send him text messages through the blog site and he'd love to receive some.

You can send an SMS message to us by going to

https://sms.thuraya.com/

The number is 0088-216-87710215 on Thuraya network.
you just need to input the last numbers "87710215" to get it to work

peace. out.
dave