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| PRIORITY TRAFFIC

| TO: BASECAMP

| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION STATUS UPDATE

APPROACHING SUMMIT

ENCNTERED 34 BODIES ACRSS CHINESE ROUTE

BURIED ALL

PROVISIONS STEADY

LIKELY TO REACH SUMMIT TMRW

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| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED

CONTINUE

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| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ENCOUNTERING MINOR ANOMALY ON INSTANCES

EXCEPTIONALLY LOW TEMPS RESULT IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION POSTMORTEM

BODIES CURLED UP & FROZEN

HARD TO PRY OPEN B4 BURIAL

MIGHT HAVE TO BURY LIKE THAT

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PERMISSION GRANTED

BURY AS CONVENIENT

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| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION APPROACHING SUMMIT

ABNORMALLY HIGH NUMBERS OF INSTANCES

ENCOUNTERED 19 SINCE YESTERDAY

OLD INSTANCES GETTING UNBURIED?

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STRONG WINDS BLOWING OFF SNOW

BURY DEEPER IF POSSIBLE

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| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION APPROACHED HILLARY STEP THIS MORNING

WILL ASCEND TO SUMMIT IN HOUR OR TWO

14 MORE BODIES SINCE LAST CONTACT

TEAM UNNERVED

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| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION UNDERSTANDABLE

ALMOST THERE NOW

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| PRIORITY TRAFFIC

| TO: BASECAMP

| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION DISCOVERED LONE BODY ON SUMMIT

ATTEMPTED TO BURY

SHOVEL HIT SOMETHING, IS STUCK

CAN'T PULL IT OUT

TURNED AROUND

BODY WAS GONE

FELL OFF THE SUMMIT?

DON'T KNOW

TEAM IS RATTLED

PLZ ADVISE

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| TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9

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| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ACKNOWLEDGED

SENDING OUT SURVEY TEAMS

ATTEMPTING TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS SEEN FALLING FROM SUMMIT

USE SPARE SHOVEL IF MORE BODIES ENCOUNTERED

ORDERS ARE TO DESCEND FROM CHINESE ROUTE USING ALREADY CLEARED PATH

GODSPEED

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PATRICK TOUCHED ONE

ME N ARNOLD BURIED HIM

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| TO: BASECAMP

| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION EMERGENCY

ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND CHINESE ROUTE

DISCOVERED CAMP REMAINS TORN APART

THREE INSTANCES CURLED UP IN TENT

INSTANCES MOVING???

HURRIED DESCENT

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GET DOWN SAFELY

WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE

PERSONNEL READY TO RECEIVE YOU AT CAMP V

STAY SAFE

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| PRIORITY TRAFFIC

| TO: BASECAMP

| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION MASS OF THEM BLOCKING THE PATH

ONE REACHED OUT FROM GROUND

GRABBED ARNOLD

HE'S ONE OF THEM

I RAN BACK UP

CAN'T GO DOWN

CAN'T GO BACK UP

ARNOLD WAS CARRYING PROVISIONS

ONLY HAVE ONE CAN OF OXYGEN LEFT

HELP

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| TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| FROM: BASECAMP

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION ATTEMPT TO USE FLARE GUN TO CLEAR PATH

STAY AT SAFE DISTANCE

TEAM IS ALREADY EN ROUTE TO EXTRACT YOU

STAY CALM, MINIMIZE BREATHING

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| TO: BASECAMP

| FROM: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION THEYRE MOVING

DNT COME TO TH SUMMIT

ITS NOT SAFE

TH GROUND ISNT SAFE

DONT LET CLIMBERS ON EVERST

THE MOUNTAN IS DANGER

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| TO: MTFD14>CSMITH9

| FROM: BASECAMP

| RE: ANNUAL 5140 EXPEDITION TEAM IS ARRIVING IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS

HOLD STEADY

A rescue detachment of MTF Delta-14 arrived at Charlie Smith's GPS tracker an hour and thirty-six minutes later. They sighted no unburied SCP-5140 instances on their approach. Smith's body was discovered, lacking the signs typical of a SCP-5140 instance. Autopsy indicates he died from exposure and suffocation due to inadequate oxygen intake. Further investigation indicated his oxygen intake valve was damaged during the ascent to the summit. Bodies of Arnold Hillary and Patrick Edmund were discovered higher up Everest. Hillary died from exposure, while Edmund was found to be an SCP-5140 instance.

It is currently believed that Smith's inadequate oxygen led to him hallucinating SCP-5140 instances blocking their path and destroying their campsite. Hillary's foot was found wedged into a rockfall, likely the source of his immobility.

This incident has been taken into account and supply manifests for future expeditions adjusting accordingly.