New audio update from TA on Pumori.

This is the text of TA’s audio message:

Hi this is TA calling in from Pumori base camp.  Happy Canadian thanksgiving to all: I’m thankful for all my friends and family who support me so well in both life and adventure.  I’m thankful for a good nights sleep last night that made everything seem much brighter today.  I’m thankful for a hard working Sherpa staff who have placed tents at advanced base camp, and who provide us with the most delicious meals here at base camp.  I’m thankful for a new tent platform that doesn’t have the entire Himalayan range poking up through it.  I’m thankful for a hot shower, rest this morning and an inspiring solo hike this afternoon, that revealed both the Khumbu Ice Fall and some inner strength and resolve.  I’m thankful for the wonderful trekkers who have joined us for the first part of this adventure and who are now trekking back to Kathmandu.  I’m thankful for the arrival of our last two teammates Hugo and Grant with the climbing permits.  I’m thankful for my teammates and hope that we continue to build a strong team that will see us to the safely to the summit and return.  Finally, I’m thankful in advance for the arrival of our gear duffels, whenever in the next while they do arrive so that it can quickly go from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Everything is going well here at base camp.  The Sherpa’s actually put the tents at advanced base camp today so we will complete our carry from yesterday tomorrow morning and get all of that up into advanced base camp.  Soon after our gear arrives we will be able to do some of our rock training, and snow training and that will enable us to start spending some nights at advanced base camp and start the placement of camp one and eventually camp two.  Colds are still going around, working hard on mine to try to get rid of it, lots of humidity treatments and took my walk very very gently today so hopefully get rid of it on the sooner side, so we can stay healthy and keep moving up the mountain.

That’s about it for this Thanksgiving Monday from Pumori base came, we’ll talk to you tomorrow, thanks.

TA