Day 18. April, 27. ABC (6400 m) - BC (5200 m)
Early in the morning the sun has shined into the tent and the temperature inside of it has risen. We took photos with the flags against the background of snow-covered Everest, being in immediate proximity to the North Col - from ABC to the beginning of the ascent of the Col is about an hour of walk. After breakfast we began the descent to the path of an ascent - it is much easier to go down, than to go up: the way to MC took 3 hours 10 minutes - we ate a bowl of chicken soup there and then went to the BC - the way took 3,5 hours.
I have to say, that after what happened the day before yesterday I started to look quite differently on mountains - I mean, I now watch at every rock, couloir and slope as on a source of a potential danger in case of a rockfall, at the same time trying to find an appropriate boulder to use as a shelter. But, unfortunately, there can be a lot of stones falling from different sides, but very often there is just no shelter, where you could hide.
When we came to the BC we discovered new unpleasant circumstances, which we didn't know at the time of acclimatization trekking: a massive earthquake happened in Nepal, Katmandu is partially destroyed, hotels are closed, airport works in the mode of force majeure, Russian travellers live on the territory of Embassy (sleep in tents at the lawn), a lot of people are dead (thousands of people). Moreover, a huge avalanche in the area of Solo Khumbu descended on the base camp of Everest (on the southern side), not less than 80 people were killed.
Khumbu Glacier moved because of the earthquake, breaking off the ropes were railing, as a result - about 100 alpinists are now isolated from the outside world in the camps 1 and 2. They will be evacuated by helicopters, probably. The government of China prohibited to go by the roads from Lhasa and through Zhongma/Kodari to Nepal because of the earthquake. And in the end - those yakmen, who work for the expeditions, descended from the Rongbuk monastery down to their villages with all yaks for 'a few days', and sherpas, who fix the ropes on Everest, stopped their work for an indefinite period of time as well.
Thus, at the present time BC is like an island of calmness and comfort, isolated from the outside world; it is not clear yet, if we will be allowed to continue the ascent or not, but in spite of everything we do not lose a good spirits. Especially when there are no problems with food...
Early in the morning the sun has shined into the tent and the temperature inside of it has risen. We took photos with the flags against the background of snow-covered Everest, being in immediate proximity to the North Col - from ABC to the beginning of the ascent of the Col is about an hour of walk. After breakfast we began the descent to the path of an ascent - it is much easier to go down, than to go up: the way to MC took 3 hours 10 minutes - we ate a bowl of chicken soup there and then went to the BC - the way took 3,5 hours.
I have to say, that after what happened the day before yesterday I started to look quite differently on mountains - I mean, I now watch at every rock, couloir and slope as on a source of a potential danger in case of a rockfall, at the same time trying to find an appropriate boulder to use as a shelter. But, unfortunately, there can be a lot of stones falling from different sides, but very often there is just no shelter, where you could hide.
When we came to the BC we discovered new unpleasant circumstances, which we didn't know at the time of acclimatization trekking: a massive earthquake happened in Nepal, Katmandu is partially destroyed, hotels are closed, airport works in the mode of force majeure, Russian travellers live on the territory of Embassy (sleep in tents at the lawn), a lot of people are dead (thousands of people). Moreover, a huge avalanche in the area of Solo Khumbu descended on the base camp of Everest (on the southern side), not less than 80 people were killed.
Khumbu Glacier moved because of the earthquake, breaking off the ropes were railing, as a result - about 100 alpinists are now isolated from the outside world in the camps 1 and 2. They will be evacuated by helicopters, probably. The government of China prohibited to go by the roads from Lhasa and through Zhongma/Kodari to Nepal because of the earthquake. And in the end - those yakmen, who work for the expeditions, descended from the Rongbuk monastery down to their villages with all yaks for 'a few days', and sherpas, who fix the ropes on Everest, stopped their work for an indefinite period of time as well.
Thus, at the present time BC is like an island of calmness and comfort, isolated from the outside world; it is not clear yet, if we will be allowed to continue the ascent or not, but in spite of everything we do not lose a good spirits. Especially when there are no problems with food...
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