The Long Walk

Today Chris and I did the long walk again to advanced base camp. Mark is very sick as is Meryl. Our walk was a little less windy but the clouds rolled in along with the snow flakes. what can this long hike teach us, I wonder. Today I collected rocks and documented the lichens and small plants. We decided to set up a high base camp to avoid the long walk back to main base camp. This means, of course, no one waiting with hot soup, but are ready to really get moving on the mountain. We found a lovely sheltered place with snow for water.