Altitude: 3780m to 4240m
Atmospheric Pressure: 670mbar to 630mbar
Trek: 3:15Hrs / 12kms
Slept very well again, and the food stayed in, good news!!
Today is the longest of the trip so far, and most of the
guys are looking forward to stepping the pace up a bit, some of the trekkers,
not so much.
We set off under blue skies and warm sun, in fact, far away,
we can see Cho Oyu, one of the 14 summits above 8000m.
The trail today is great, it follows the contours of the
hill side, half way up its flanks, which avoids us having to go up and down as
during the previous days.
I feel good and decide to use today as a test to see if all
is working well again and I decide to follow the rhythm set by 2 of the
soldiers (Doc and Jaco). It feels nice to be pushing again and other people
also comment that the pace is a little fast today, so I’m not the only one
getting out of breath then.
We make very good time and arrive at the lodge by mid
afternoon.
Tomorrow is a day off and some people use the opportunity to
do some washing and take showers.
This is now the routine, after the day’s walk, some people
go for a nap, tired by the fresh start, and others like me push on, hoping it
will mean a strong night sleep.
After dinner, Adrian
announces that he has had news from Russell at base camp. The Sherpas are
already up to Camp 2 which means that the “icefall doctors” have managed to
find a “safe” path through the famous Khumbu icefall.
The good news (apparently) is that this year, there’s only
up to 3 ladders attached to each others compare to 5 last year, so only some
small crevasses then!!
Martin and Jaco who only have 1 working arm are pulling faces,
as they already expect the ladders to be their worst nightmare as they won’t be
able to balance, like us, using the 2 ropes either sides. Russell puts time
cut-off in place to cross the ice fall, and this is likely to cause Martin and
Jaco problems.
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