Monday 19 May 2014

Day 53 - Up to ABC

We have an early start to head up the mountain - 8 hour trek up to ABC. It is a pretty hot sunny day for the steep first three hours and then cooler for the second long slog up to ABC. I wear my face mask for most of the trip as I am trying to avoid exacerbating my cough and chest which really don't seem to have healed anywhere near as well as I expected over our rest days - I just hope that these do not become too problematic when we get higher up.

We don't make great time on this hike but generally feel pretty ok on arrival which is probably more important as with any luck we will be heading up for our summit bid in a couple of days and we need in the best shape possible for that. The next couple of days are going to be resting at ABC, making our final plans for our summit bid and getting organised for that.

We are hoping to summit on the morning of the 25th as the wind seems to pick up after that. There is a final meeting of all the main groups on the day after tomorrow to compare forecasts and try to agree some form of cooperation to avoid having 70 or so people all trying to climb at the same time. We'll see how that goes given the very tight timescale this year.

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