15.04
Finally we arrived to the base camp of Everest and Lhotse at 5313 m (by GPS). There are many and many expedition. But Everest is Everest and ambitions are ambitions and this is the world.... Just yesterday the sherpas of the commercial expeditions arrived for the first time at C2 at 6303 m and the route is fixed till there. I would like to go to C2 already today due my good acclimatisation but I have to wait the Pusha, the buddist ceremony, before starting on the mountain. The Pusha will be tomorrow and so I will start after tomorrow. The conditions of the Everest and Lhotse face are incredibly dry and I feel that my eventual new route will be technically more difficult as I supposed, but I'm optimist in any case.Today also my polish friends of Everest expedition are with me in base camp preparing the equipment and waiting for after tomorrow. They will go to C1 and than to C2. From today my reports will be published regularly because in base camp I have solar panels and generator to charge my PC and modem.
Ciao Simone
As you can see from the picture, is here also my base camp girlfriend. Her name is Nastia :-)

16.04
Happy Easter from Simone Moro

News from 18.04.2006
Simone via satellite SMS
GPSWPT Lat N 027 Deg 058'054.412” Lon E 086 Deg 053'056.370”Alt 06362m 06:13:50Z 17.04.06 I climbed fast. After 5 hours I arrived at camp 2 with my 26 kilos rucksack. Than I worked 1 hour for my tend platform. I took ice for cooking the “tortellini”….

18.04.06
I’m still in camp 2 and I’m well. To much snow for going down. I will try to go down tomorrow. My batteries are low…
Ciao Simone

News from 19.04.2006
Still in C2. Simone via SMS

Barbara (Simone's wife): Hi, how is the situation today?
Simone: Nothing to do, also today and this night I have to stay here in C2…

Barbara: How are you?
Simone: I’m calm and Ok. I have food and gas for 3-4 days.

Barbara: There is somebody else there?
Simone: Yes, I discovered 3 tends with 3 Austrian 5 minutes above me and 10 sherpas 20 minutes above me. All blocked. The Icefall is closed.

Barbara: Everybody is ok?
Simone: Yes, but the people in C1 are without food and gas and are locking for in the other tends… My pulse is 58 per minute and I have enough food and gas.

Ciao till tomorrow
Simone

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