Post-Summit Audio Report From Bill
May 27, 2014
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The report is a bit muffled- his family understands it, but in case others cannot- Bill called his wife Sharon before this report who took some brief notes to summarize the gist of things:
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snowed all the way up to summit
spent one night at camp 3
woke up next am full on storm
got down to camp 2 blizzard at that point, hurricane type winds with snow
2 indians dad and sherpas was scary
stopped at camp 2 but tents were all broken from wind
stayed for awhile then moved down to no col
totally exposed to wind on way down
couldn’t see person in front of him
couldn’t move fast,
was tired from summiting
waist high snow
got to no col into tents day before yesterday
came down headwall steep and dangerous in storm
no footholds , all covered with soft deep snow
got in last night to abc
at this point they are safe
very tired
snowing and blowing on summit,,, no view,,,
continued storm since may 24
now wants to get down and home
hopes to get to Chinese base camp in one day
indians still with him,, fun to have
took photos on summit, thinks they will be good
likes his sherpas
frostnipped fingers
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