2002
PEACE CLIMB TO PAKISTAN'S KARAKORUM
RANGE
Dispatch
Four: Broad
Peak Base Camp
We have been in
base camp for 6 days now, and we have yet to
touch the mountain. The weather hare has been
very variable, the first two days sunny with a
lot of wind the following days have been quite
bad a lot of snow and a lot of sun with very
little possibility of doing anything on the
mountain.
Yesterday Fernando
and Tunc were going to try to establish camp one
overnight it snowed about 10 inches, making it
impossible to for them to leave. I'm sorry to
inform but our peace climb has not been very
peaceful, about midday the sun came out and an
all out snowball fight had begun, everyone
against everyone, it seems we all became young
kids for a while. The truth is the snowball
fight has brought everyone together and people
are losing their inhibitions and becoming
evermore friendly with each other. I guess the
adverse conditions here make people begin to
stick together.
We hear things at
K2 have not been much better. The day before
Yesterday, Henry Todd along with Iņaki, Ursula
and a Sherpa, I did not get his name right, came
to pay us a visit here at Broad Peak, they told
us there are 7 expeditions there but the highest
anyone has gone is camp 2 but by this time
everyone was down.
Today the day has
been wonderful, a lot of sun and no wind, would
be ideal conditions but with all the snowfall of
the previous days it is wise to wait until snow
hardens. Everyone here is waiting to go up
tomorrow and very anxious to finally be able to
touch the mountain. Fernando and Tunc will
leave very early tomorrow and try to reach
6100mts. I will stay back there will be to many
people on the mountain tomorrow and they travel
much faster than I do.
We will see what
happens. Fernando and Tunc miss their friends,
David, Marcelo, Nasuh, Ricardo and Swee they
wish they were here with them and hope that they
may one day do this again. Alberto
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