Camp 1
Wake up call at 7:00 but I was awake since 6:00, slept at 10:00pm so I go plenty of sleep.
Today was much quicker than yesterday as everything was organized and we became more efficient packers. Loaded up the sledges and our backpacks and we headed to camp 1. We carried loads of about 50kgs and today was all up hill took us about 2 hrs to camp 1 a live where we set up our camp quickly. Camp 1 is at 2,300m above sea level and our camp consists of sleeping tents (2 in each tent) and a kitchen/dining tent.
The day just beginning for us, we then carried up to cache half of our loads. The reason we did this is from now on its all up hill and it’s extremely hard to carry heavy weights so we break it up into two days. Where we cached (buried) stuff we will need higher up the mountain. We cached extra clothes we will be wearing higher up, food, and gear. It took us 3.5 hrs alm uphill reaching 2,800m where we buried our stuff and headed back down to camp 1 which took us another our. We reached camp 1 by 6:00m the weather is quite good clear skies and very hot in the morning with the sun up its in the 30’s but once the sun hides behind the mountains it drops below zero in seconds.
Long tiring day today, but the team is in high spirits. Looking forward for the days to come.
Here are a few pictures of our day.
