Miro Caban

40 cm of fresh snow fell until the morning and any trying for the next altitude camp was quit before it started. I radioed to the BC in order to find out about the actual weather forecast. I was told that few days long nice weather should come very soon thus I decided not to go back but stay. At noon sun started to shine. As I was dazzled by the sightseeing from 5600m my eyes noticed the fixing rope was moving though no wind was blowing. It was obvious that somebody was coming up and that the other day we will go higher. It was the first wave of the Russians. When I asked them why did they stayed in the BC the day before I heard the classical excuses including headaches.. But it didn’t matter at all since they are nice guys and I had plenty time that day to refresh my Russian.