Today we will head up to Camp 1 again for a sleep before heading through
the icefall to Camp 2 for another two nights. On Saturday we will try and tag
Camp 3 before returning to Base Camp on Sunday where we will consolidate,
assess the weather and rest before heading out for our first crack at the
summit which will take five days.
We have very closely followed the pattern that the more experienced
commercial teams have adopted successfully over the last 6 years. It would be
folly not to do this given the experience of both Russell Bryce from Himex and
Phil Crampton (Dad was a Royal Engineer) from Altitude Junkies who have both
been incredibly supportive of us all. Thank you both!
Brad, Jon and
James tucking into the steak dinner with Nema looking on
The steak
dinner produced on a camping stove (just needed some red wine)
Yesterday we sorted out food into 24 hours rations for both this next
trip and for the first summit bid. Jon who has sourced and prepared the
food for us talked us through the rations available which are fantastic. My
rations are supplemented with Yorkshire tea bags and marmite. Thanks again Jon
– Sterling effort!
Jon talking
us through the rations prior to us preparing what we want to take up the hill
individually. From the left Chris, James, Ben, Brad and Rob.
On other matters, Little Chris left us by Helicopter two days ago to
undergo some medical tests in Kathmandu. He has been discharged from Hospital
to await a flight home for further tests. His wit and banter have been missed
and we wish him well. See the REMEC blog for a picture of him in the front seat
of the helicopter.
Jim testing
out his oxygen system
Mt Manaslu
captured this morning
We are all on good form and looking forward to getting on the way again.
The rest of the team have set off and I’ll be following them after posting this
blog. Feel free to comment on the blog and ask any questions that you may have.
I will do my best to answer them. Best wishes to all and see you soon.
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