Our second full day at Basecamp was spent becoming familiar with our emergency and safety equipment.
One practice session involved setting up the portable altitude chamber a large PVC tube that can be pumped up to a higher air pressure. Leslie volunteered as the patient and was quickly transported back to an altitude of 3000m the same as our starting point. The short journey to 3000 metres eliminated Leslie’s headache. Other sessions included avalanche rescue, crevasse rescue and learning to use our new
Jetboil stoves.