Up to Berlin
The team will be trudging up to Berlin today (5900m). Weather looks clear but temperatures well below freezing. Max -14°C, Min -16°C, with windchill -22°C. Wind will be generally light. They would have carried up as few tents as possible to keep the load light which means squashing up for the night and making it thankfully, […]
Nido
The crew left Base Camp at about 7am this morning and are on their way to Nido where they will spend the night before the climb to Camp Berlin tomorrow. Sean said that they’re going to take it easy to Nido because of what’s ahead. They are already acclimatised to 5200 meters, so today’s […]
View from BC of summit approach
From Sean ‘Conditions look great on 14th for a summit….we will need to leave Camp Berlin very early on Thursday morning – 2am – because heavy snowfall is expected in the afternoon. I hope it’s not a lightning storm like last year. We may have to bomb back […]
