On the 9th the weather staggered again and the barometric pressure decreased by another 2 millibars on my Suunto X6. Since the day we first reached ABC the accumulated decrease totaled 7 millibars which is quite bad. I've been using Suunto for weather prediction since Aconcagua and a considerable decrease of pressure can mean that the weather is going to show off its bad face at least in the lower altitude where the ABC was to be found. That would mean we couldn't continue higher. Also the wind has been blowing for the past six days on and on, its intensity slowly growing, and we can only hope it will appease a bit soon.
So our plan for tomorrow the 10th is to reach the deposit place with a full equipment load (that will take us 6-8 hrs) and bivouac there. Next day we will pass along the icicle towers and start climbing the icefall up to 6400 meters and bivouac there. Then the other day we will try to move on and build C1 altitude camp. If we would manage, with the tolerance from the weather, it'd be just great. We could sleep over in C1 and climb down the other day because of the necessary acclimatization. I will write more right after his try of ours.
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