New audio update from TA on Everest.

This is the text of TA’s audio message:

Hi this is TA calling in from the poker room also know as the dinning tent, there are five of us here that have been involved in marathon climb of epic card proportions, we are on our 6 ½ or 7th hour of playing cards.  It was a fabulous day; we even got to turn on the heaters at 3 o’clock this afternoon.  Why where we playing cards for 6 or seven hours today? Well that because it snow about 6 inches here at base camp last night, perhaps even as much as a foot up at camp 2.  Thus we declared it a “Snow Day”, those of us who grew up in Canada, know that a snow day is a great excuse to sit around, play cards, drink lots of hot drinks, rest up, and say “wow what a wonderful day to laugh out load”.  So that’s what’s on the go here, depending on the weather things may start moving up and down the mountain again tomorrow.  I’m looking to maybe head up on the 4th for my little rotation.  I’m out of the current card game at the moment, that’s why I could call in this update.  So all is well here at base camp, spirits are good, food is delicious as we are a smaller group with about half down resting in Pheriche.  Hope you are having a great day, hope you are stepping up to the summit challenge.  Talk to you tomorrow.

TA