SHUGHAR MOUNTAIN:
DAY 3
"...hello JJ..I hope you can hear me, on the wild, windy slopes of Mt Shughar. "
"Yes, Eamonn & Ruth...loud and clear "
"So tell our viewers, what the team is up to..I understand it's a revolutionary concept ? "
"Not revolutionary, really..Eamonn.
it's a process our ancestors used going back to the cave man....
it's the reason all the other expeditions failed,
As the equipment they took, while quite modern, just lacks the where with all to cope with the tough conditions on the Mountain...."
"So, talk us through where you are at in relation to the climb..."
"Well, as you know we left the city of
Higluu-Kos, and the DCUK University has
an annexe just below the base of the Mountain.
We've just embarked on the climb and I'm with the inexperienced group of climbers, here at base camp 2..a reasonable height up, but still a long way to go."
"Sorry, Ruth here, good morning JJ,
can you possibly just tell our viewers the conditions you are working in, I can hear the wind whipping around in the background..I take it it's quite tough, personally "
"Morning Ruth, yeah, some days it gets quite dull & grey, but the teams spirit is Fantastic,vwhen one if us us down, the others are around to help pick up up..we all support each other...And when the sun's shining, no place I'd rather be."
" It's a mix of mature students and semi professionals on the climb"
"And as for conditions, most are coping well with the conditions,, to give you a taste, I recorded an overnight low, of 5.1 FBG on our tents Barometer..."
"And I understand it's all in aid of research into Diabetes, so what is the Goal, here.."
"Yes, Eamonn..no other team has ever conquered HBA1c ..the so called impossible face of Mt Shughar.
Individuals have, but not in large groups like this..."
"We are hoping to prove the impossible, with the right backing, is not only possible, it's possible with far more limited resources then many suggest..People are a LIT more resilient then some give us credit for.."
"...For instance we are doing this with limited medical supplies, as that is the reality, many dream off...and THAT is the challenge."
"Well, we all wish you well, on the climb and let's hope, you conquer Mt Shughar. ...will you come back on once your near the Summit.."
"Happy too, eamonn, we'll save you a place for the climb....lol"
"Oh, I don't think so, my feet are quite happy here on the ground, thank you, haha..
But we do, seriously, wish you all the very best.... "
" That was the DCUK Expedition team, hoping to be the first group to conquer Mt Shughar, via the 'impossible route"
"...now, Kathy ..how's the weather here.."
