Today is another rest day (quite a few of these now) and whilst there are plenty of spare days in the schedule these are more for weather than for acclimatising below 5,500!
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| Our two blue loo tents and the orange shower tent |
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| Still plenty more barrels and crates to sort through |
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| Our mess tent from the outside |
Anyhow, this provides more time for organising - today it is the gas and oxygen bottles. Although I am going for an oxygen less summit, I am still having some stashed on the mountain as a backup.
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| Sorting through the oxygen bottles |
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| Oxygen mask and goggles make it pretty hard to see who is underneath! |
The weather improves today with clear skies and little wind giving us out first good views of Everest but the wind picks up over the afternoon leading to another chilly night.
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| Everest from Base Camp. |
The afternoon and evening take on a very somber tone as news starts to come through of the disaster on the South Side and what is proving to be the worst day in history on Everest! Quite a few of us know people who are probably involved - in the chaos of such events it takes a long time for facts to emerge but we do manage to get messages back home to reassure friends and family that we are safe and not caught up in the tragedy.
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