We camped at the lake last night on the way to Renjo La. A lovely frozen lake with a soft coarse sand beach.
The cook tent is astonishing, everything on the ground, half the kerosene stoves not working, and yet the most delicious food being produced.
The following morning a leisurely start, with around 500m of ascent up to the pass with stunning views of both valleys, but Everest itself in cloud.
The pass is at around 5300m - the same as Basecamp. Our idea is to be well acclimatized by the time we get to BC rather than (as other groups tend to do) spend 9 or 10 days getting to BC, then sit there feeling grim for a few days before maybe descending to do a further small peak.
We should arrive at BC good to go straight up to camp 1 and sleep there, and maybe even touch camp 2.
The cook tent is astonishing, everything on the ground, half the kerosene stoves not working, and yet the most delicious food being produced.
The following morning a leisurely start, with around 500m of ascent up to the pass with stunning views of both valleys, but Everest itself in cloud.
The pass is at around 5300m - the same as Basecamp. Our idea is to be well acclimatized by the time we get to BC rather than (as other groups tend to do) spend 9 or 10 days getting to BC, then sit there feeling grim for a few days before maybe descending to do a further small peak.
We should arrive at BC good to go straight up to camp 1 and sleep there, and maybe even touch camp 2.
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