Advance Basecamp, Mt. Everest (via satellite phone)
Elevation: 6350m/20,828ft
Partly Cloudy
6:30 AM Tibetain Time [8:45 PM Eastern Standard Time]
[AM Dispatch] Team One is Heading Toward The Summit
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This is James Buratti for Patagonia Mountain Agency. I just got off the
phone with Eric Brown at Advance Base Camp. He said the weather is good
and Team One -- Jacek Maselko, Ryszard Pawlowski, Tadek Kudelski -- are
proceeding to the summit. Jacek Maselko just radioed down from above the
First Step while the team was taking a brief break. They started around 3:00
AM this morning. Summit time could be 4 to 6 hours from now - 12:45 - 2:45 AM EST.