Day 10 - Carry to Camp 3

The last of our carries was completed today meaning from here on out it's all vertical movement up to the summit. Today we carried a cache up to Camp 3 located at the base of the Polish Glacier at 19,200 ft., the highest elevation ever for me and several other members of the team. Although only just over 3 hours of travel time, the 1,700 ft. gain was pretty tough starting at 17,500 ft. However, we zipped back down to Camp 2 in just 45 minutes.

The photo was taken at about 18,800 ft. and very light snow had started to fall. It followed us up to Camp 3 and all the way back to Camp 2. Last night was quite calm but the temperature dropped to 17 degrees and we experienced interior tent frost and some frozen water bottles for the first time. I had anticipated this and slept with all my electronics and water bottles inside my sleeping bag. Certainly not the most comfortable, but such is mountain life.

Tomorrow we will make that same climb again as we move to Camp 3. The following day is a rest day at Camp 3 and then we will be in the home stretch... A single move to Camp 4 and possible summit attempt and next day. We are close now.

Getting a little burned out on climbing food, tonight for dinner, I asked "How come we can't ever have just like a salad?" And I was told, "Be grateful Juan Pablo. Tonight is especially delicious."