Oct 02 | Shangri-La: The Expedition Life

By Jimmy Chin

Embracing the rhythms of the weather is part of expedition life.  When the weather suggests you stay curled up in your sleeping bag, you listen.  Needless to say, we didn’t end up heading up the mountain.  The two days we’ve now spent in base camp due to unsettled weather have been a welcome rest after much travel and also given us a chance to observe the mountain…a good thing, considering one of the faces we talked about climbing and skiing ripped out to the buried rock below.  Our days have passed catching up on sleep and getting glimpses of the mountain between pulses of rain, snow, and graupel.  It’s always helpful and interesting getting to know the moods and personality of a new mountain in a new range.  The weather has been shifting hour to hour, powerful and beautiful.  The Italian (Giulia) has been cooking up tortellini and making friends with the local fauna; Jimmy has been busy eating all of the cookies; Kasha is practicing yoga between her quick sunbathing sessions during the short bursts of sunshine, and Ingrid is catching up on a backlog of New Yorkers.

Ingrid, Giulia, Kasha, Jimmy

Comments

[David]

New Yorkers: Don't tell Ingrid but I just developed a crush.
Cookies: Jimmy must have run out of gummi bears.

[Sarah M]

An incredible group in an incredible place!! Thanks for the updates!