Return to C1

Me and Jan relaxed in the ABC for the following two days. On the third day (April 21) we went up to the deposit camp. On the way up we met the two mountaineers and sherpa who managed to make it to the second altitude camp. We asked how it went and how was the way up through the ice fall full of cracks. The Australian guy just said: "All super, everything is easy. The route is marked, no risk from cracks anymore". Hence I thought to myself that we could possibly cooperate while trying for the summit.

When we were closing on C1 the next day it became clear to us. No markings, no sign where to start the way to C2 on the ice wall. "Well .., let's see tomorrow" I said to Jan. Instead of speculating whether we will find some signs we zipped our sleeping backs around us and slept quietly.