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Hey there friends, family, and loved ones, this is your favorite team Climb Smile calling in from our High Camp on the flanks of Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe.

And we are in preparation mode. Today we practiced our self-arrest; everybody can stop themselves quite easily on a steep slope. And now we’re preparing for the summit push tonight. We’re going to get up at 2 o’clock in the morning, and eat and get ready to go, and head up the mountain.

So we’re all excited, but hopefully we’ll be able to get some sleep. We’re going to bed early tonight, just so we’re fresh for tomorrow’s task.

So stay tuned for the further adventures of Team Climb Smile. Ta ta for now!
Go team! Go team! (Called out in background.)

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones this is Team Climb Smile calling in from Camp (at about 12,000 feet). We’re in the, what do we call this (asked in background)? This is going to be “a box”. We’re in the boxes tonight and the lights are on, the dinner was excellent.

We went for a hike and ended up by Pastukov Rocks, a 3,000 foot gain, big day. Everybody spent the afternoon making red blood cells and reading and stuff like that. And generally it was a great day. Anything to add guys (asked in background)? (Cheers and calling out in background.)

So tomorrow we’re going to actually have a day of self-arrest practice, and then we’re going to make some more red blood cells in preparation for going to the summit. So stay tuned for the further adventures of Team Climb Smile. (Cheering in background.)

Hey there friends, family, and loved ones, here we are Team Climb Smile and we’re at the Camp up by the Barrels. And we’re in a very nice hut with excellent food and everybody seems to have a smile on their face (“yea” called out in background)! They’re saying “yea” in the background if you couldn’t hear that.

So anyways, we are at about 12,000 feet above sea level and having a great time. We went for a hike in the crevasses today and we also played self-extrication and had some knot-tying class.

And big smiles all the way around, so please join us tomorrow when we go to Pastukov Rocks. Ciao ciao for now!

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, this is Team Climb Smile calling in from down in Cheget.

We had a great day today: went up to the Observatory, looked around, got a little rained on, but everybody acclimatizing quite well, and back down for a nice trout lunch. And just had a great and enjoyable day. Now everybody’s relaxing and are doing emails before we go up the mountain.

So stay tuned till tomorrow when we go up the mountain and start acclimatizing up at the Barrels.

Ta ta for now!

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, this is Team “Climb Smile” calling in from Base Camp on Mount Elbrus.

We’re down in the little town of Cheget and we had a great hike today up the Cheget Ridge, got to see all sorts of good things and then it rained on us. But everybody was placated by having a nice hot lunch and are now sitting around just jamming up the wifi, but they’re all smiling so I think we’re on the right track.

Tomorrow we’re planning on going up to the Observatory. So stay tuned for the further adventures of Climb Smile (cheers and applause in background)!