But it was good fun and it was very good to get to use the upper body a bit after weeks of sitting around in air planes and buses as well as a lot of hiking. Our favorite was a huge boulder about 8 meters high & consisting mostly of gneiss. We established four five different problems and it is remarkable how I felt the lowered work capacity due to the altitude. I have been in base camp for about a week and feel quite comfortable at 5400 meters but as I push myself a bit on the boulder I directly feel that my body is not really functioning as normal. I totally loose my breath just doing two three hard moves...

We still have an equipment issue that we are hoping to be resolved the coming week. Some of our expedition sent from Bergans of Norway got lost in Bangkok and did not arrive to Kathmandu as expected. We were not able to wait for the cargo due to a pre set schedule, which was good in the end since the cargo did not arrive until yesterday to Kathmandu airport, about two weeks later then expected. Thank you Thai Air Cargo... And it also got a bit extra complicated due to the chaotic situation in Kathmandu due to the conflict between the Maoist rebells and the king of Nepal. Curfews and violent demonstrations meaning a very unstable situation. But our heroic helpers at Arun Treks & Expedition now somehow has gotten their hands on the cargo, thank you Chwang and Dawang! So, if things go as planned, which is hard to believe after weeks of cargo problems, the equipment should leave Kathmandu with an expedition heading our way tomorrow and reach base camp in about a week. Which would be very helpful as we would like to go high in about a week, and then having our high altitude tents, down jackets and sleeping bags would be very helpful... We are for the moment using old sleeping bags borrowed from Arun Treks & Expedition as well as old down jackets borrowed from Himalayan Experiences. Thank you "Big" Dawa at Arun Treks & Expedition and Russell Brice at Himalayan Experience!