Time is ticking and weather is being a little tricky so on Tuesday this week we left for our final foray higher up on the mountain. This time we pushed on directly from #basecamp (#BC) to camp 2 (#C2), which is a bit of a long day. It took us about 9.5 hours with breaks — the last bit to C2 was tough and seemed to stretch on an eternity, although in reality, we were faster than before.


The idea of this last trip was to sleep at #C3 and potentially climb higher to let our bodies get used to the thinner air for the summit push later on. High winds were predicted to start again soon so our window for this acclimatization was tight, but doable.

We had a rest day in C2, the first half of the day being a beautiful blue skied day with a ‘rainbow’ halo in the sky, though the second half was somewhat different: it got so breezy and snowy that you could barely see the neighbouring tents.
#Lhotse Face and a beautiful ‘rainbow’ – more like ice crystal bowl or something… The great weather did not last long. By the afternoon you could barely see the neighbouring tent