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		<title>Everest Team Leaving For Summit Bid!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all the planning, preparation, acclimatization climbs, and getting rested and strong at Base Camp we are leaving for our summit attempt!  We spent the last couple days doing our final preparations as we have watched the weather show signs of improvement. This season on Mt Everest has been characterized by higher and more consistent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everest Team Poised and Ready for Summit Attempt!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 17:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Wedberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The last time we checked in we had just returned from spending a few nights up high.  Since returning to Base Camp we have spent this time preparing ourselves physically and mentally for an attempt at reaching the summit.  For the last several days we have been hydrating, eating a lot of food, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everest Team Safely Returns From Acclimatizing Up High</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 15:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Wedberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is snowing in Base Camp today May 5 as we write this. After spending several days sleeping up high we are safely back to rest and recuperate. We started off on schedule on April 28 and moved straight up to Camp 2 at 6495m/21,309&#8242;. Our plan was to rest a day, then take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everest Base Camp Living!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everest Base Camp Living! Greetings from Everest Base Camp.  Since last we checked in we had just descended from C2 after sleeping a few nights up high.  Since then we have spent the last few days resting, hydrating, consuming lots of calories, and in general regenerating our bodies and planning for our next trip up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everest Team Reaches Camp 2!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿ Greetings from Everest Base Camp!  We are safely back here after spending four nights at Camps 1 &#38; 2.  On April 19 we had a pre dawn breakfast and left EBC at 4:45am.  We navigated a short way by headlamp then put on our crampons and began climbing through the Khumbu Icefall.  After several [...]]]></description>
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