Sept 12, 2011 从5500米过度营地搬家到5700米Pungpa Ri ABC

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9月12日 中秋节

从5500米过度营地搬家到5700米Pungpa Ri ABC

低估了两个营地间的距离，我们下午4点才动身。先要下一个长长的陡坡，全是大大小小的碎石，很难走。加上背着重装，不得不分外小心翼翼。 下了大约150米后到达谷底，然后还得到冰川对面再爬上去，还是同样的碎石坡。神经很紧张，完全谈不上乐趣。有的队友禁不住开始抱怨，“我们这是干嘛来了？”

刚开始上坡的时候，我的直觉选择路线错误，幸亏即使被叫回。像这样的在冰川上形成的乱石坡，不应当拣大石头为主的路线，以防滚石下来。还是小点的石头为主的线路安全。

快到坡顶的时候，忽然发现远远的山脊上有四个人影，第一反应是，不可能！见鬼了！这山上除了我们怎么还会有别人？等走近了，原来是四个尼泊尔协作，是为昨天刚到达大本营的两位瑞士登山者和两位韩国登山者往ABC运送物资的。好快呀！昨天才到大本营，他们的协作今天就到ABC了！

虽然两个营地间的海拔差不怎么大，但因为上坡下坡，穿过冰川，路途却很遥远。直到8点多才到达ABC。一路上发现在海拔5700米之高处还有那么多绝美的植物！

一夜多云，下雪，没见到中秋的月亮。

Sept 12, 2011 Moon Festival

Move from 5500m Intermediate camp to 5700m ABC

We left too late (4pm), not knowing how far is the hike. Descending down the steep screed slope, we dropped 150m altitude from 5550 to 5400 at the base of valley. Even hardcore mountaineers started cursing, “why we climb?” Such kind of hiking is really not anyone’s favorite.

Going up hill, I started in the wrong path. It’s not a good idea to head up the hill on big boulders. Smaller boulders are safer.

As we were near the top of ridge, I saw four persons through the clouds over the ridge. Our first reaction is “no way, they must be ghosts”, as they appeared again, someone cursed “what the fuck!” It turned out that these are four Nepalese Sherpa for the 2 Korean and 2 Swiss climbers. They arrived at BC yesterday. The Sherpas just did a carry to ABC today via the valley way.

It’s really a long way after the ridge that we didn’t arrive at ABC until after 8pm. A lot of interesting plants at 5700m! It’s amazing! They are so perfect!

Cloudy night, no moon. Snow.