Everyone is in good health with a few exceptions for headaches and being out of breath due to the altitude. We are at 4800m/15800'. JJ, Ryan and our 7 High Altitude Porters (HAPs) left BC this morning about 5AM to begin fixing the line and establishing Camp1 at 5100m. I had part of the story correct of the Australian and Austrian teams going to C3 the other day. They did but they did not fix any lines. A huge risk in my view since just the climb to C1 is dangerous and a fall would be serious. Today, several climbers followed JJ and team to get some time on the Hill. They intend to tag C1 and return to BC this afternoon. Others are here in BC taking another rest day before going up tomorrow. Basecamp is comfortable. We each have a Eureka! tents set up so each person has their own personal tent. We have a huge dinning tent that seats 22 of us comfortably. There is constant hot water for tea or coffee. The meals have been quite good thus far. Our main cook was trained at Islamabad hotels and it is showing. Last night we had rice, dall and potatoes in a very tasty cream sauce. Quite nice actually! So here we are. I left home over two weeks ago and just arrived at BC. It has been a journey to say the least thus far. My health has returned however I continue to take it slowly. I plan on going with the team to C1 tomorrow. With our trekkers leaving the first third of this adventure is over: trek to BC, climb Broad Peak, Climb K2. Climb on! Alan