The Kaya ng Pinay Team should be reaching Everest Base Camp in Nepal anytime now.
Last night, Janet, Carina and Noelle would have slept at Camp 2. They should have then left very early this morning to cross the Khumbu Icefall while everything was still frozen solid. After a six hour trek through the crevasses and rickety ladders of the Kumbu, they should reach EBC by 1 or 2 in the afternoon.
Expedition Leader Art Valdez and Team Physician Dr. Ted Esguerra took a chopper this morning from the Tibet-Nepal border to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal to meet the girls. They will need Dr. Ted to make sure they are ok and also help them recuperate from the climb.
I will no longer be able to give updates on the girls activities at EBC Nepal as I no longer have any communication with them. The ABS-CBN News team composed of Abner Mercado and Wilbert dela Cruz will be giving you live footage and interviews of the women when they arrive at EBC Nepal over ABS-CBN, ANC, DZMM and Studio 23. If you're overseas, do tune in to TFC.
I am now back in Kathmandu after a 15 hour drive from Tibet yesterday. I do hope to post some pictures as well as stories of what was going on the last few hours before the women summitted.
The team's tentative schedule beginning today will be as follows:
May 18 - Everest Base Camp (EBC) Nepal
May 19 - Periche
May 20 - Namche Bazaar
May 21 - Namche Bazaar (Rest Day)
May 22 - Lukla
May 23 - Kathmandu
May 28 - Kathmandu to Bangkok
May 29 - Manila
We do hope everyone's ready for the celebration when the team finally returns to the Philippines. The team is definitely looking forward to being back home.
Vince Rodriguez
Kathmandu, Nepal
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