Base camp Bash
9th May Today passed fairly uneventfully until our team got an invite to the 7 summits expedition. The guys that run 7 summits are Russian and celebrate the 9th May as it is the day the second world war ended. This is also a good marketing oppurtunity. No expense had been spared, food and drink kept flowing all night. Most of the teams were there. We got talking to a real range of people. I met an ex firemen who now captains a 150ft gin palace in Monaco. We also got to meet 70 year old Russian guy who has led expeditions on Everest from pretty much every angle. 7 summits base camp set up is pretty impressive. They have a big dome tent with not only a Tv and video but a table tenis table.We`re negotiating to trade Heather for the Table tennis table. The group decided this is a fair swop and the negotiations are going well. I got talking to there English speaking guide who was a sturdy little Irish guy. He has summited twice before. He had been employed this year because of the 12 clients, they have 6 are English speaking. He told me that the group had not been above the North col and are starting on oxygen there when they attempt the summit. . The party went on well into the night, we cut it short and came back around 8 for some food. There will be plenty of time to let our hair down when we come back down hopefully from a successful attempt.