Well it's hard to believe that the trip was pretty much coming to an end. All that's left now is about 38 hours of travel not including time zone changes before I get anywhere near home. So now I'm waiting to board a flight to Bangkok and then that one goes on Frankfurt and then to Frankfurt on to the US so wish me best of luck in the travel you know it's quite a fast trip with a lot of things that happen along the way. Really glad that I got to spend some time with some great friends and you know find out just how good of friends I actually have so. Looking forward to hearing how things are going. My friend Fabrizio is over on Makalur and actually they're the last people in base camp as of today I believe and they're making a run for something over the next couple of days. So check out Fabrizio Zangrilli via Google.

Hey, this is a test of iPadio from my Upgrade Beat. I have in a little bit more out of reception than I thought I'd be by the time because of in a butch(?) ___ over here. I've actually done just over 3 weeks into Paul and did a 5 last Friday ___ with the staff and the circus won't let me go because I'm coming from a quarter and a hundred feet to a seventeen thousand five hundred and eight feet eight there but maybe 5 days after I in and then I got it between ___ everything else has been spent above at 1 2 and 3 and so I'm actually just holding the camp 3 again checking out at 3:00pm about 4:00 your time A M on the 5th and so fine didn't ___ need me as we are ___ on the course I actually hope that you already have made my permit run on United the fix morning of the 7th and have set more than a

Hey, this is Brian calling in. Joe and I are sitting here up at Kent Clue(?). We made the ship up to Stanford yesterday. I carried the load up to Tash and you know had some interesting times with stalls(?) and what not but in the end got most of the stuff sorted out. I've got everything up there except for sleeping bag and everything and Joe and I are going back up there tomorrow to spend the night at Camp 3 and then provide, to better keep holding consistent, move up to Camp 4. Charlie is ahead of us today, he's up at Camp 3. It sounds like ___ is a day behind where he's at now but we maybe could partner up in climb but at the same time you know just ___ up there. ___ over the top which is cool you know I mean dealing with John and it's time to greet over the radio today. So you know he's been, you can tell when he's bigger marine(?) you know that look like there's about 10000 calories in him so probably 2000 more than he weighed a couple of days ago. So looking forward to catching up with him on the radio tomorrow morning. You know he's doing headed for camp 4, we'll be headed to camp 3 and then

It's Brian calling in giving you the most current update I guess. Just finished dinner here at base camp and was gonna call the night early and then watch movie and hang out a little bit and we're getting up early. We've been headed for the ___ 5:00am doing ___ but taking early for the day and I'm now shooting a bunch of video and photos and everything we've, we've been going so far as to ___ early to go pro camp to be on the flight here kinda like an NFL and hopefully get some cool leather crafting shop and whatnot so ___ in the coming days ___ and yeah so we're going up to ___ and you know rest day and then probably up to 3:00 and check out 4:00 maybe and you know if the weather's good we'll just see what happens but I've only been in the country for about 2 weeks and, and base camp for a week. I don't have any crazy aspirations going too high too fast but so we're gonna camp to the other day so hopefully we continue to feel well and stay healthy and.

Hey Brian Block coming to you live from Base Camp at the time of recording. Sitting here with Matt and Charlie just wanna drop a line and give you the update that's what going on now we have some connectivity to more than one day. Today is actually one of beautiful day we got some high clouds building and churches that figure with ___ some other to come but exactly what we're expecting to last 2 days. So we'll see what happens. But yeah let's gonna make little trip down the good old camping hopefully be connected with internet as the sowsee(?) to what were told about to having connectivity up here continue to prevail. So fast ___ give you little update after as to what's he's been up there. We're sitting here inside the Cat dance(?) getting ready to go on the broad chap 10:15 in the morning looks like felt 11:30 Iowa and that would be 10:34 ___ time. Spent 2 days down here contact ___

Hey, it's Brian Callahan(?). It's been a couple of days. We've had some down towers and actually we're climbing on the mountain a bit and so I'm not sure where I left off but I kinda try and give you the general overview but it's felling pretty good. Run up to Camp One, with a bit of load and then can't do the next day and we got about 22ins of snow and a forecast that said that it was probably gonna be 7 to 10ins of snow for the next couple of days and so we were treated back down the base camp. We've been spending some time down here and watching movies and getting some(?) great food by our cooks, ___ our the Canadian cooks and stuff we feel a bit store(?) here but things had been going really well, feeling well, ___ quick to the June(?) saturation level but yes, according to the full time perimeter(?) and all the other fun stuff that we used to see how ___. So far it's going well and

Hey, it's Brian calling in from Everest Space Camp. I got in yesterday and actually over shot the camp because I wasn't quite sure if we're out and turn to that list. Probably the most mind boggling thing I ever seen but I will try to call you from there with you know I was trying to back track and actually talk and with Silver section here and try ___ cos I'm in here earlier than expected and actually run into lock lock box with the Alpine Ascent International and CJ(?) with the big group and he didn't key in because he's WKE(?) with us last year and apparently Sherry who's also here. I'm caught up a bunch on what's been happened early the last you know 6 to 10 months since we've seen each other and that was great and when he pull the moon eye direction to find Lucky(?) Newman. Got in here and then get set up and get a new bin and found over the amenities that we have in place and then the rest of the tractor showed up a couple of hours later and you know has it gone there is.