Mark safely reached base camp on Monday saying that the big walk in was no problem as it took him 4.5 hours instead of the normal 7. Got an email saying "Everything going to plan except 1 foot of snow last night ! Unbelievable. loads of people going up. Americans, norwergian, germans, russians. All every excited. Blood oxygen saturation excellent allowing excellent acclimitisation so far."
He did a load carry up to the next camp on Wednesday, climbing up to 5200 m yesterday in 4 hours. His plan is to get to middle camp on Friday for futher acclimatisation. Strong winds are expected on Sunday so Mark will sit tight until Monday when he will go to high camp ready for the PUSH TO THE SUMMIT ON TUESDAY.
So far it is all good news, plenty of water and food. Kit is working and Mark has befreinded some people going up on the same day, including a local guide. He says he is feeling strong and acclimatising well.
I got another SPOT message last night which puts him at Nido de Cóndores, 5,570 metres.
GOOD LUCK FOR TUESDAY MARK!!
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