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5 April 2005, 16:07

05.04.2005 Andrey Selivanov (expedition doctor) reports from Kathmandu:
The departure of the advanved group, planned for today (Nikolay Cherny, Andrey Selivanov and 11 sherpas), was postponed because of the maoists` strike. Traffic in Katmandu streets is blocked.

Two expedition members from Slovenia - Lihteneker Marko and Mlinar Viktor who left for trekking to Laktang - couldn`t take a car to Katmandu.
They called and said they would be walking all night - which is 140km!
Everything was ready for the start to Tibet: 4 trucks, 15 tons of expedition loads and the first in the history of Everest expeditions mahogany toilet.

Later - the same day.
Today Lihteneker Marko and Mlinar joined us in the hotel. They got stuck in Laktang because of the strike. It is 140km from Katmandu. They were walking the whole night and day and today reached the hotel.

Tomorrow we are making Tibet visas and possibly are leaving Katmandu the day after tomorrow.
Today the last group is leaving Moscow for Katmandu - Moskalev Dmitry, Iakovenko Alexander, Kaimachnikov Sergey. A couple of weeks ago Moskalev broke his arm. He is supposed to remove the plaster in a week. But his friend Iakovenko Alexander promised to help him do it earlier - during the flight to Katmandu.