PMA Everest 1999 Expedition Dispatches,[PM Dispatch] Success! Jacek, Ryszard, And Tadek Are On The Summit, 5-18-99

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	ispatches from The Expedition May 18, 1999 [PM dispatch] Advance Basecamp, Mt. Everest (via satellite phone) Elevation: 6350m/20,828ft Fair 1:45 PM Tibetain Time [4:05 AM Eastern Standard Time] [PM Dispatch] Success! Jacek, Ryszard And Tadek Are On The Summit Success! Jacek Maselko, Ryszard Pawlowski, Tadek Kudelski are on the summit of Mt. Everest! The Patagonia Mountain Agency Team made the summit via the North face of Everest at 1:45 PM in good weather. Half the climb still lies ahead as the team now descends to Camp III. [The Call: Due to radio and satellite interference and speaking through an oxygen mask Jacek's replies are largely electronic noise. Eric relays Jacek's messages. The extended periods of static have been removed so the dispatch will sound a bit clipped in places. We think the excitement still shines through.] Eric: [Celebratory Yells and Whoops!!!] James: Alright! Eric: Yes! James: Congratulations! Eric: Jacek and Tadek and Rsyzard is on his way [to the summit]. So ah, we can do a little uh, sattelite link if you like to. Eric to Jacek via radio: Jacek, Jacek this is ABC I have James Buratti on the phone from Columbus, Ohio. Over. Jacek: [Celebratory Yells!!!] Garbled transmission... Eric to Jacek via radio: What did you say Jacek? What did you say Jacek? Over. Jacek: I said hello! Eric: [laughter] He said "Hello." I can hardly... The phone is screwing with the transmission. James: Yeah. Yeah. Eric: He ah, he's breathing oxygen, of course. [you can hear Jacek on the radio in the background] Eric: [more laughter] Oh, he just said that it's really freaking weird, uh, being up that high, breathing oxygen. And uh, he said he can't remember what he wanted to say in the first place. [laughter] James: Ask him if there is anything he wants to pass on to anyone. Ask him if there is anything he wants to pass on to anyone. Eric to Jacek via radio: Okay. Is there anything you'd like to pass on to anyone? Over. Eric: He said thanks to his parents, base camp staff, especially to the parents. Eric: Anything else? Okay, Pesang, our sherpa is talking to... Pesang right now, Pesang is talking to Jacek. Pesang on the radio to Jacek: [Garbled] ...you have gas, everything in there, oxygen in the tent. Over. Eric: Okay. The sherpa is congratulating Jacek, telling him to be careful on the way down. And at Camp Six, which we call Camp III, has enough oxygen and food and space for them to stay at Camp Six instead of coming down further, which they had planned. And now it is 1:45 [PM] here. The Americans summited at almost 3 o'clock yesterday and they got in to Camp Sick, Camp Six -- Uh, I'm sure it was Camp Sick also [laughter] after the climb -- Uh, in the dark. So more than likely Jacek will be, and Rsyzard and Tadek will be sleeping tonight at Camp III -- 8,300 meters -- and then coming down. But uh, I know there might be doubters out there that this is some kind of hoax but it's not. We've been sitting on the edge of our seats since 5 o'clock this morning... just following the radio conversation all the way up. Okay, sounds good man. A little update. I'm sure your still recording. You can put all this, this um, ad-hoc conversation on. Go for it. The uh, Team Two turned around because of uh... They were just not feeling really up to it. Their bodies were starting to say "What!?" James: That was Omar and Ian? Eric: Yeah, they made it to 8,000 meters and then decided that, um, they were just having too many uh, they were starting to throw up a lot and just having some problems. They saw the Camp III in sight but they felt it best to turn around. And then Team Three, Masaru and Barbara, they might be going back to Camp I tonight or Camp II. That remains to be seen. But I'll fill you in on that. Alright guys well this is Eric Brown for PMA, Talli Leach. Jacek Maselko, Tadek, Rsyzard - all on the summit. And we'll talk to you soon. [Yells, whoops and laughter!]
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