07-05-2012 – Base Camp – Expedition Rescue plan

Altitude: 5300m

Atmospheric Pressure: 560mbar

Trek: 0kms

After having investigated 2 potential rescue plan for my expedition yesterday (Phurba and Adventure Consultant which turned out negative), we started the day with another option (PeakFreaks), which also turned out to be a dead end once we’d walked to the camp and spoke to Tim, the base camp manager.

Having walked back to our base camp, and fed back to Monica and Adrian, they, yet again, came up with another possibility, the Patagonicas Brothers, a small outfit,

led by 2 experienced twin brothers.

They are the first outfit to be able to take us on and it’s now a question of cost.

Because of Adrian with us, they’re happy for us to mix with them, or to do our own thing, which is great.

Adrian and Monica have been awesome in helping us in our quest, using their contact and experience and never giving up.

The atmosphere in the camp is poor, most of the soldier guys are gutted and want to get out of here, but need to wait till the 12^th a they have a big sponsor do on the 10^th.

The few others are leaving tomorrow, by heli or by foot to Lobuche or Island Peak.

Tonight, as I was settling in my tent at 21:30, I heard Monica, Adrian and Sergey shouting my name across base camp. They’d finally got the cost for switching team and wanted me to know and sleep on it to make a decision on whether it was sensible.

To be honest, it wasn’t, GULP!!!

Lets sleep on it!!