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| 02/05/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Logistics team blog I turned in at about 10:00pm, clear skies overhead and almost a full moon. It was a wonderful night, but did make a complete mockery of the weather forecast that we had received. 11 messages
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01/05/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Logistics team blog With a day off I had yet another lie in, wallowing in my sleeping bag. As soon as the sun hits the tent, the temperature inside goes from a mind numbing minus 10 degrees to a sweltering plus 30 degrees!
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28/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Logistics team blog It was incredibly windy last night. I woke on several occasions due to the noise of the prayer flags that were flapping in the wind above my tent.
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27/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Logistics team blog It was a glorious morning and for the first time in a long while the clouds didn?t appear at their usual time of midday. In fact it was so warm that the two Marks were sunbathing on a large rock next to their tent. 1 message
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24/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Logistics team blog Mark Wilson asked me if I would like to walk to Gorak Shep and then climb Kala Patar with him and Mark Edsell. In principle, the idea sounded nice, but I really didn?t want to get up at 5:00am again.
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12/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Windy The wind blew hard last night and I was worried that the DRASH shelters might take a hammering, particularly the large 6S model that sits high on a rocky outcrop. 5 messages
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11/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Early starts It was my turn to get up early and start the generators. Why the scientists want to be up and about at 6:00am is anyone?s guess. 1 message
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10/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Party Mike announced during the Puja that all research testing was off for the day. With much applause we continued to party for a whole 4 hours.
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09/04/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Chocolate ?Mac Sir, do you have any chocolate that we can offer during the Puja tomorrow?, asked Pasang, younger brother of Pema, our Sirdar.
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| 27/03/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Mac's Namche fun! arrived with the Logisitics team in Namche, via Sangboche, by helicopter, accompanied by some of the Namche equipement. Sonam, the Lodge manager, greeted us at the door and showed us the facilities. 3 messages
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| 22/03/07 | Mac Mackenney
| A Helicopter Ride to Remember Parked on the ?hard standing? at the edge of the Kathmandu runway sat an ageing lump of rotor blades and fuselage. Neither Rhys, nor Lee had flown in a helicopter before. 6 messages
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| 09/03/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Powering the Science! The different teams from Caudwell Xtreme Everest will all travel up the mountain separately and for this they will need their own power supply. 3 messages
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| 08/03/07 | Mac Mackenney
| Equipment Shenanigans The equipment is still on its way to Kathmandu. With such a large consignment of freight, it will take several aircraft loads before it all finally arrives here in Nepal. 5 messages
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