It was supposed to be a nice day

The weather forecast was just right. We packed up in the morning and even with the full load on our backs set up a higher tempo. Before that I adjusted my heart belt that was sending the heart rate data to my Suunto watch. The waking was quite alright. Waves of ices stopped in front of a vertical 30m high wall of ice. Though there was a rope left by previous expeditions it wasn't easy at all. Even with the help of the fixing rope the vertical ice and 20 kg on our backs gave some hard time. Jan was lucky since he managed the slow climbing up yet in a good weather. But when I started climbing the wall of beautifully blue ice suddenly a blizzard with strong wind came. With that heavy backpack it was a tough job. The wind kept blowing me down and snow flakes permanently flew in behind my goggles. It was quite difficult but finally we managed. Soon after that the weather forced us to build the tent at 6800m. There were still enough nice days remaining for the summit.