Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Distance hiked: 4.9 km / 3.0 mi
Elevation Gained (Lost): 781 m / 2,562 ft; End: 4,717 m / 15,476 ft

After our extremely long hike yesterday, it was nice to have a shorter jaunt. Interestingly, throughout the entire hike, we could always look back at our previous night’s camp – it just got smaller and smaller and lower and lower from us. However, the elevation gain, especially at this altitude, quickly winded us as we moved in toward the final camp before the summit. Dinner was served early so we could try to get as many uninterrupted hours of sleep as possible before our 11:00 reveille.