- September 17, 2008
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Arriving at Base Camp...
We arrived into basecamp yesterday afternoon (16th) and spent today doing little but coming to terms with elevation. All feel great, hence the rest day to keep it so. Current locale on a morain bench above glacial approach is roughly equivalent to Mt Whitney's summit. As ever, key to acclimatization is slowly, slowly. Rushing one's assimilation to rarer air can force the need to descend and reset the whole process. Next step is to move up (3000ft) and recon the objective, then drop back down to sleep. Following what will be tomorrow's up & down mission we will move up the same three thousand feet to sleep. Sleeping high (18000ft) and honestly assessing our condition should leave only the final alpine style assault to the summit. This is of course all pivotal on the fact that today's incessant snow proves merely a bump in conditions and normal clear skies return. Of course they will!!- The North FaceTrackBack
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