Columbus, Ohio, USA
6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
James Buratti With A Brief Update
Currently, very little is know about the status of the PMA Team - Jacek
Maselko, Ryszard Pawlowski, Tadek Kudelski - which summited May 18.
Since the summit call from Eric Brown and Jacek Maselko only one other
call has been received. Eric called briefly Wednesday morning to confirm
Jacek Maselko had descended safely to Camp III. The status and position
of the other members of Team One was, and still is, unknown.
It is hoped Eric will call tonight (Thursday in the US, Friday morning
on Everest). If we learned anything from the Ukrainian climbers it is
that Eric will wait and report the facts in full, not the rumors.
As soon as he does I will pass it on to you. I felt this posting was necessary
and the proper way to confirm what I could.