As I reported in the last blog, we came to camp one in a blinding snow storm. The snow subsided around midnight but the wind continued to make a very windy night until about 3a or 4a. We awoke to beautiful sunshine, a "bluebird" day for our carry to camp one (the carry to camp one is about a 6 hour climb from 16,400 ft to 18,000 ft). Relatively straight forward terrain with quite heavy packs. "Carry" days end up being heavier days than "move" days.
We ascended a long gradual valley up to a "col" (also known as a "saddle" which is a small pass between two peaks) across the saddle then traversed across to camp one. Beautiful camp! Nestled, looking out to the north across the Andes. Much different view then we've seen to date. We set down our cache and returned to camp in 45 minutes, about a 4 hour climb up, and a 45 minute walk down, practically skiing at times due to our packs being so light, we were able to descend very quickly.
We had a relaxing night. Tomorrow we will be moving up to camp two, and a new altitude level at 18,000 feet.
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