moses peak #4

of course we're a smart bunch, so we tried to learn from our previous mistakes and to get up as early as possible for an alpine start. this way, we could traverse the snow fields while they were still frozen. getting up and packing the tents in those temperatures was an ordeal, but it paid off well. we made some good progress and quickly reached the previous camp site.

i chugged my red bull there, which was, as my tradition dictates, reservered strictly for the summit, but i figured it would help with the weight. def tasted weird, but at the time, i just assumed it's like with tomato juice on an airplane.

we continued to make great progress and checked off camp after camp. i was still feeling super exhausted and weak though. i assumed, like i had been for the last four days, that it was just the height. i proved this theory wrong by vomiting on the ground and immediately feeling way better. must've been the restaurant we ate at before heading up.

back in the village after a day of walking, we even managed to hitch a ride back to skardu in the back of a pickup truck. it was objectively horrible, but we still had a lot of fun. at a checkpoint, the tourist police managed to spot us and forced us to get out and stopped a minibus for us to take to skardu, where the other three guys were already waiting for us.

and just like that, our little hiking adventure is over. more to come.Read more