Today we relocated to high camp. We took
down the tents and piled up all our luggage before breakfast, and left at the
same time as yesterday. As we already had done the acclimatization walk the
ascent today was much easier, but arriving at the camp we had to realize that
the winds had picked up since yesterday. Setting up the tents were therefore
made much more difficult than usual, and the ground was very rocky which made
using the tent pegs impossible. There were plenty of small rocks laying around
which we could use to put down around the tent, and otherwise the most
important rule was to put the bags inside the tent at all times as soon as we
weren’t there ourselves to weigh it down.
The terrain is very rocky, but the rocks
lying around have all been moved creating clear patches for the tents that just
fit surrounded by the rocks creating low walls.
The (rest of the) afternoon was spent on
getting used to the winds and getting mentally and physically ready for the
summit climb which according to plan will start at 0330 with a wakeup call at
0230. This can be pushed if the weather seems to be bad and the forecast shows
that it will clear up within a couple of hours.
Lying in the tent looking up I can see
the roof moving 15-20cm in the hard wind gusts. It sure is windy!
Setting up the tents among all the small rocks.
View from high camp.
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