1st July - South Gasherbrum Icefall - by Zac ZahariasFinally clear nights saw all 10 climbers and 2 high altitude porters make our first foray into the South Gasherbrum glacier icefall, departing Basecamp at 5:30 a.m. The icefall was an amazing place creaking and groaning as we weaved our way around countless seracs, ice blocks. We had to jump across many deep crevasses. On the top of the icefall the glacier flattened out but the crevasses were even wider and deeper. One tent was setup at 5550 metres. This camp will be an interim camp until we are able to acclimatise and then we will use camp 1 as our main camp. All climbers returned to Basecamp in the searing heat. Once the sun hits the glacier the radiated heat is remarkable. |