Just a short note to let you know we are finally heading up to camp 3. Communication restrictions are still in place for a few days. Hopefully when I come down I will be able to send a bunch of postings to fill in some of the missed days.
If all goes as planned we leave for camp 2 early May 9. We will spend the night of the 9th and 10th at camp 2 and then move to camp 3 for the night on May 11. We will spend one more night at camp 2 on the 12th, and be back in base camp on the13th.
Wish us luck.
Photos seem not to work very well these days. I will continue to try.
Huggs to Susan, Amy, and Colin.
Scott SS.

Since I will be up at the higher camps on May 11 I will say HAPPY MOTHERS DAY in advance to my Mom and to Susan. Hope you have a great day.
Love, Scott.

Messages:

Barb, thanks for the message. My throat is doing much better now, but I'm sure it will take a beating when I go back up to altitude. I am enjoying LOST. It is a good show for up here. There are lots of characters and it is a fairly complex story line. Angus is hooked. We have a portable DVD player with a 6" screen and portable speakers. We pull four chairs around and sit close and it works.

Kathy & Wayne, glad you enjoyed the last posting. Sorry it was so long. Once I can do them on a more regular basis it should be better.

Hi Nathan, hope you had a great time at Disney World. What was your favorite ride.

Hi Maggie, glad you had a great birthday and a fun time at Disney World.

Karen & Phil, thanks for following. It is always great to get your messages. Please tell your church to pray for us. We need all the help we can get. Maybe you should pray for good weather on the North side.

Chris, you are making me a little envious thinking about you having coffee in the sun with the gopher. I did not bring a video camera with me, but I have shot some video with my digital camera. The weather generally approaches us from the Bay of Bengal. So far it has been exceptionally good. If there were no climbing restriction I think we would have very early summits this year. The jet stream has been close to the summit for several days producing close to 100mph winds, but it is backing off. The long term forecast looks pretty good for us.

Hi Susan, Amy, Colin, MorMor, Pops, and Uncle Johnny. Hope you have a great time in NYC. Wish I could be there.

Paul, thanks for your messages. I have found the Compact Flash slot. It was pretty well hidden. Thanks also for the news. We are pretty much in the dark here. All we get is rumors. Please do that again some time.

Chris #2, thanks again for the great message. I will take your suggestions into consideration.

Mary, great to hear from you. It makes me feel good to know you and the team are doing such a great job while I play "Grounghod Day" here on Mount Everest (think about the movie with Bill Murray; every day is the same). I would love to go for a bike ride right now. Check out the new HD Cross Bones Soft Tail. I think maybe we need a company bike.