Walking!!!!

We have now had two days of treking. If there wasn’t an aim at the end of this walk then i would probably have gone mad already. After the excellent weather of the first few days we have been walking under an overcast sky. The downside is we have seen absolutely nothing for most of the time and the upside is that because it has been cool we have made really good time.

Today we made it from last nights camp to Paiju in around 5hrs and at last the clouds have begun to lift. After a few hours we were greeted by the fantastic view of the Uli Biaho group and The Catherdral Spires. 

The Catherdral Spires mark the entrance to the Trango Glacier and sit at the foot of the Trango Group. Tomorrow we will walk on the Baltoro Glacier and have about a 1000m height gain to reach base camp.

Eagle at camp

Tonight we have been drooling over the various topos we have and discussing how to approach the climb. Denis and Eliza have been planning how to use their footage for a DVD and the most worrying moment occured at dinner when our Doctor, Pierre offered to check our prostates for free !!! But only as a reward for climbing Trango.

 

Paiju,le 1 er septembre 08

Aujourd`hui superbe trek et premières vues des aiguilles de Trango et de Biafo, pas encore de notre objectif, il faudra attendre demain et le camp de base.

Premières discussions autour de la stratégie a adopter, l`acclimatation, les portages vers le camp de base avancé..

Jerry est en forme et semble maitriser son diabète…

David n`en finit pas de prendre des photos,

Elisa et dénis filment à plein régime,

Gaz, en forme, marche a fond pour se faire la caisse ; il est tous les jours le premier aux camps, et se répète la chanson des Bangles « Eternal Flame ».