Crib Tent Uneven Sides

ABC (Campo base avanzato) 5.550 mt. 03-10-2010



ABC (Advanced Base Camp) 5550 mt. 10/03/2010

Cold and blustering wind, we had to reinforce the anchorage of the tents. Yesterday, the shower curtain (not much used since the cold and the wind) was torn and we had to chase sulla pietraia. Nei gironi scorsi quando siamo tornati al C1, ero preoccupato, non ero sicuro che avremmo ritrovato tutte e due le tende visto il vento; fortunatamente tutto era a posto, ma, dopo uno sguardo più attento in effetti una tenda era squarciata sulla sommità. Non era il solito strappo da vento ma abbiamo capito che erano stati i gracchi alpini, avevano creato un varco con il becco per poter accedere alle nostre provviste, fortunatamente la tenda a doppio strato di copertura ha resistito, o meglio, i corvi hanno desistito. Al k2 nel 1998 i corvi ci distrussero un campo riuscendo addirittura ad aprire le scatolette di tonno con il becco.
Ieri Francesco non sapendo cosa fare… ha camminato per 7 ore sul ghiacciaio centrale di Rongbuk verso the normal route to Everest base camp. E 'was particularly impressed by the amount of trash that is along the path; impossible to lose the trail, just follow cans and waste paper and arrive at your destination. For the ascent to the summit of the Olympic torch in 2008 the Chinese were responsible for coverage with antennas for mobile ice which leads to C. Base shame that after two years with both boosters of solar panels are abandoned on the glacier, a truly depressing sight. At this point, our resolve to clean up the path to the CB of the "normal, looks like a glass of water to the ocean. We have already started to CB durations stops to climb the moraine and a certain amount of trash was collected, but here to do a thorough cleaning it would take fifty people for a few weeks. We still have available a number of empty plastic bins that we will fill it with everything you will find around, that's all we can do.
Here the situation has not changed and does not improve, the wind does not appear to decrease the cold is even more intense and this puts a strain on our strength ...
Tashi Delek!

Edmond