Moving on up
Haven’t moved far since yesterday, but the terrain between Camp 1 & 2 is pretty slow going. The route is all on fixed lines and is a combination of hauling oneself up on an ascender or traversing on a couple of karabiners.
We’re now at just over 6,000m, so have climbed about 300m. Quite a large chunk of this the famous Yellow Tower, which leads up to Camp 2. It’s near vertical, and pretty much wiped out the whole team.
Camp 2 itself looks amazing (try Googling for images of Ama Dablam Camp 2) but it’s not the most pleasant place in the world - there’s hardly any room for tents and the pitches are rocky as hell. Plus there’s nowhere to go to the toilet, so people go everywhere and the whole place stinks like a portaloo.
Anyway, onwards and upwards. The team is down to seven now, and we’re hoping to reach Camp 3 tomorrow, so we can summit on Sunday when the wind is a little lighter.
Good Luck Bob
Fingers crossed for good weather for you. It's a huge achievement to get to camp 2.
So many days in those conditions is a real challenge, physically and psychologically. Keep going fella and stay positive.
Balance the ****** boat while you're at it as well
Pete
Go Jonny Go!
Bump, Saara, and I are all 'routing' for you.. Hope our pun put a smile on your cracking lips ;-)
Take care, get up and get down!
Steve & Saara xx
You must smell! Do you smell yourself coming when you walk round the tent?! No but seriously, keep going & really hope all plays in your favour for a summit on Sunday. H xx
Great to have news, but camp site looks pretty dire. Hope weather holds for next few days. Good luck!
I know you won't be able to watch this on the mountain but it seems like the way to get back down again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwnH0zAo350