Higher and higher

The Russians left already at 6 am for C2 while I waited until 7:30 for my carrier who was coming from the BC. Together we loaded all the necessary equipment we deposited here five days ago on our backs and were off for the C2 as well. Going up was a bit easier for me this time as the Russians were walking the snow in front of us. But this slight advantage was more than offset by the load on our backs since only two of us were carrying equipment for another two altitude camps. We reached C2 at 12 am and built our tent at about 6200 m. Suddenly, my carrier said that he was not going to sleep over here. Thus I sent him down to the BC and while he will take one relax day there I will take mine here. I could clearly see that he wasn’t acclimatized yet and he definitely needed that day in BC. The weather wasn’t much ideal yet thus I thought we shouldn’t miss anything by adding one day of relaxation.