Day 7 - Rest day at Motorcycle Hill Camp

Leisurely start to the day before heading off at 10:30 to retrieve the cache we have deposited a couple of days ago. There is now quite a bit of wind together with the low cloud and snow so it is a pretty miserable walk down and back.

For some reason we have a break in the way back up but this is foreshortened when pretty much everyone remains standing and with their packs on and we quickly begin the remaining 20 mins back to camp.

Then lunch and relaxing in the tents in the pm. There is talk of doing some technical training but given the weather and that half the group are experienced mountaineers and the other half have just been on a course run by the company, there is little appetite for it.

After a bit the weather improves slightly - the wind drops and the visibility improves and so we do some crampon and ice axe basics. This is another key difference between UK and US trips - a UK co would not take inexperienced people on such trips and so there is little training on them. US firms will basically take anyone and so have to do basic skills training on the mountains - personally not sure how safe taking totally inexperienced people is even if you are going to treat them as children on the trip itself.

Then dinner and bed.

Food:
Oatmeal
Toasted sandwiches (proper lunch as we are in camp rather than on the trail)
Burritos