Saturday 7 July 2007

Dawn at Base Camp

It is not everyday that you get so many "humps" at base camp. The camel train arrived laden down with our skiis and snow boards. We trekked to base camp crossing glacial moraine. Not all of us managed to avoid falling into the raging torrent of glacial melt water. Little did they realise that they were taking advantage of the last sight of running water for 2 weeks. It wasn't the only reality check. We slept (not!) through a huge thunderstorm and awoke to find base camp covered in a blanket of snow. Luckily later in the day the sun came out and so did Suzy's mini skirt! Tomorrow the real hard work begins with a 900m climb to Camp 1.

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