Valeri BABANOV reports from Namche. No Khumbu acclimatising climb. Extra 4000 US $ changed plans of climber

16.09.2002

Hello!
We are report from Namche. There is Internet here now. We are OK! The weather is unstable. Sometimes it's raining. In the valley and on the tracks are not many tourists. Maybe the season is not coming yet. In this season there are just four expedition to Everest, several expeditions to AmaDablan, and of course there are some trekking expeditions to Island peak.

I think, it is impossible to realise my idea about acclimatising by going up to Khumbu Icefall and South Cool of Everest. In the Ministry of Tourism they said that I had to pay 4000$ for this action. So, I have to find another possibility for the acclimatisation.

Tomorrow (17.09) we are going to Tiengboche. We will come to Base Camp Nuptse in Sept,19. So wait our call from Base Camp.

17.09.2002