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  • Day 84

    Base Camp - Stok Kangri Day 1 End

    August 29, 2015 in India ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Well. Instead of stopping at a midpoint campsite and calling it a day at 2:00 p.m., we decided to reach base camp in one day. In doing do, we went from an 3500m altitude to 4950m in a matter of seven hours. By 7:00 p.m. the temperature dropped to or below freezing and staying warm, or at least attempting to stay warm, became a matter of wearing every article of clothing on hand. For me, this meant top and bottom thermal liners, compression shorts, 3 pairs of socks, dry fit pants, 2 dry fit shirts, a hiking button-up shirt, gloves, and a wool cap. All this on and I still was cold at 7:15. I'm sure it is going to be an obscenely long, sleepless, freezing night. The silver lining on the whole "you might die of cold thing" is that we were able to ascend 1450m in one day without altitude issues. This success puts wind (very, very cold wind) in my sails for the next 36 hours of re-acclimation to the 5000-5800m range in preparation for the Stok Kangri summit.Read more