For today the plan was to pack for the last time, as we were going to leave Basecamp for good and the duffels were going down with the donkeys. Jelle briefed us one last time on which items to take with & what to leave behind.
We left Basecamp on time and started the climb (which we already knew) along the way I came across the Austrian guide Hans-Jorg and we arranged that we would drink a Weizen beer once back in Mendoza.
After reaching the camp, we started setting up tents. Luckily the wind was less intense than 2 days before. We did this in an group effort as not everybody felt to strong. It was nice to see how everybody helped each other. It took us almost 1 hour – good to see we were getting better and better at it/also taking down the tent earlier today.
I was very happy I felt very strong today. I didn’t track my GPS (as we has walked the route before and I want to save battery if possible) but I checked on my hart rate and it was steady and low at about 90 an 110 on the harder parts of the track.
After setting up tents Lahbib and myself decided to hike up a little more (climb high & sleep low:) and Jurjen joined us on adding another 150 to 200 altitude meters (we must have crossed the 5000 for the first time)
Getting back to the tents we made our selves comfortable and we were surprised by the guides with fresh made hamburgers (they are truly caretakers:) Now I am finishing my blog post and will do some reading (in my sleeping bag with my summit down jacket on:)