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Base
Camp 4100 m - High Camp
4480 m - Base
Camp, Haba Snow Mountain
4100 m
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May 2004
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| basecamp | ||||
| bright sunshine on this morning, a stark contrast from the previous gloomy and wet day... opportunity for us to bask in warmth and to dry out our wet gear | ||||
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| gang in tent | ||||
| a hearty hot breakfast to start our day | ||||
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| the way | ||||
| tracing out our potential route up the rocky spur in our quest for the summit | ||||
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| view to the top | ||||
| for a short period, the sky was clear enough for us to see towards the top | ||||
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| guide's hut | ||||
| it may seem haphazardly built, but this broken looking hut is a sturdy shelter for the guides and others that may have been stranded on the mountains from bad weather | ||||
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| theresa in tent | ||||
| enjoying this rare moment of good weather on the mountains | ||||
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| teh in tent | ||||
| what better way to bask in the sun... in the comfort of one's own tent | ||||
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| packing stores | ||||
| consolidating and packing the stores to be carried up to high camp | ||||
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| acclimatization trek | ||||
| this day is for acclimatization and to load ferry gear to high camp | ||||
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| rocks | ||||
| the initial climb beyond the timberline is over a scree hillock | ||||
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| looking up | ||||
| still a long way to go as Yip and Clifton studies the route beyond; visible in the near distance below is base camp | ||||
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| struggle | ||||
| the thin atmosphere makes climbing an effort for Paul | ||||
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| rest stop | ||||
| this large granite slab characterizes the initial section of our climb toward high camp | ||||
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| paul | ||||
| Paul taking a short break as he makes his way up the giant granite face | ||||
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| monolith | ||||
| more vistas of the surrounding plains open as we steadily gained altitude | ||||
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| snow bound | ||||
| all too soon we hit the snow line | ||||
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| bad weather | ||||
| the weather started turning for the worse as we climbed higher | ||||
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| the vibrator | ||||
| our vibration specialist testing the vibes of the mountains | ||||
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| nearing highcamp | ||||
| it was snowing as we neared highcamp | ||||
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| at highcamp | ||||
| Mike and myself managed to complete our climb to high camp on this acclimatization day | ||||
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| going down | ||||
| after securing our gear to be stored at high camp, we started making our way back to base camp | ||||
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| rock climbing | ||||
| it is not easy to down-climb with rigid plastic boots on this granite slab... as Mike found out | ||||
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| mist | ||||
| a typical evening ritual... the mist drifting towards base camp | ||||
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