Day Three, Four and Five: We left Camp One and Moved to Camp Two. The most interesting part of the day was a giant crevasse we encountered with a five ladder extension to get across. Fortunately, there was a fifteen minute detour around which we all chose to take. I will post a picture of the ladder crossing in the future...in I can.
During the move to Camp Two, we began hearing rumors that high winds were in the forecast. That night, the winds arrived and we spent our first night in 40 mph winds....not particularly dangerouse, but certainly noisy and very very COLD. I am sure there were other note worthy events that took place at Camp Two, but all I seem to recall is the cold and the wind. We spent most of our time in our tents, inside our sleeping bags.
Day Six: We started back to Base Camp in heavy winds at about 6:00 a.m. The trip back to Camp One was fairly uneventful, except for the wind....which wasn't as bad at Camp One. Going back down the Khumbu Ice Fall was the most interesting part of the day. The ice actually move about one meter a day. So most of the ladders were slightly ascue from when we came up. More later.
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