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My Blog site has moved from www.RogersEverestDiary.Blogspot.com to the Caudwell Xtreme Everest website. I hope to up date you daily with my personal thoughts during this Everest expedition.

We are now in Phereche at 4230m high in the Kumbu valley, its now beginning to get very cold and we are well above the tree line. We can all feel the altitude though all of us are coping very well with mild headaches the worst of the altitude illness. It is sobering to think that we are still not even halfway up this mountain yet.

I had a lazy day today and did some washing of clothes and had a shower.

After breakfast I found AngRita who helps run the Himalayan rescue Association Hospital here in Phereche. In 2004 on our honeymoon my wife and I were put up by AngRita for three nights and we met his granddaughter who was about 15months at the time. My wife Sara gave me some colouring pencils for her so I had to find out what happened to this little girl. I asked AngRita about her and he pointed to a field at the back of the house and said "ohh Yessss" and there was the little girl Paldin-Zanmu who is now
three playing with her baby sister of 14 months called Dembote.

I gave them the colouring pencils and took this Photograph.

I showed AngRita the pictures of Aoife and Isolde. He thought Aoife was
3! She?s actually 16months.

Tomorrow we have an easy day moving up the valley again to Lobuje another 500m higher, so well into the zone of potential acute mountain sickness.

The Base Camp guys are well under way constructing the BC but they tell us its -18c at night. Mmmmm that?s cold!

Comments on this article

By: nuala mcmorrow	When: 8th Apr 2007 12:07
Hi Roger Just to wish you all a Happy Easter. Your egg will be waiting for you. Love Mum

By: Michael McKenny	When: 7th Apr 2007 22:16
Roger, great to hear things going well with you and the team. Best of luck and please say hello to Mike O'Dwyer for me. Take care and enjoy the walk-in

By: John Spencer

When: 5th Apr 2007 20:12

Hi Rog

Great to see you on the other side of the world (almost). I see in respect of your surroundings you have a adopted a Buddhist aspect.

Sara mentioned that you had a blog, it seems obvious now that you would have one and am unsure why I did not check it out sooner but I will certainly be keeping a close eye on the blog in future.

Onwards and upwards

John

By: Gerry Galligan	When: 5th Apr 2007 17:02
Have a good Easter, Roger. Weather's like summer here at home. Best regards to you and all the team. Gerry.

By: Ruth	When: 5th Apr 2007 12:45
Sup bro, glad to hear you are well. Aoife now knows i am her vehicle to the Creche, and wanted her coat on before she got dressed this morning, so cute. Tadpoles are getting bigger!! take care, Ruth x

By: Aoife

When: 5th Apr 2007 00:34

DadeeDadeeDadeeDadee

By: nuala mcmorrow	When: 3rd Apr 2007 20:57
Hi Roger, good to read all your news. I log on every day, Are you really trying to scare me showing all those photos of swinging bridges. We had a great time with Aoife I miss her big smile. Take care love mum

By: Henry

When: 3rd Apr 2007 15:21

Hi Roger,

Avidly following your progress ! (And boring everyone I know with ... "Did i tell you I have a friend climbing Everest ? ... Oh I did !?")

Keep it up.

By: Suzanne	When: 3rd Apr 2007 10:35
Roger, Great to hear from you. Hope you are having a great time. Looking forward to reading the rest of your blogs. Take Care Suzanne

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