Day 9 - Carry day to camp 2

Day 9/18 - carry day to camp2

Hard day today, we moved half our gear from camp 1 to camp2 gaining 1000 meters, reaching 18000f and headed back to camp 1. Keeping the notation of Climb high , sleep low.

Last night was very cold, we are getting exposed to the higher mountains and the winds today were insane strong, at 70km.
I cant begin to explain what that means, you often need to walk head first to break the wind and wind gust that lift you in the air, at times I needed to ankor myself on both legs and a poll. Gladly the path was safe, but at summit with knife ridges and traversing the polish glacier, it's a no go. So we are still hoping for calm winds on Friday. Currently looks at 50km which is a go.

Mantra of the day: Respect the winds of Illapa, listen to what it is telling you.Read more