Sorry but you got me again. Tarka is out building a wall around the tent. The wind has done a completely 180 flip and the wall he just spent the last 10 minutes building is now not working, so he’s out busy again. Last night we actually had the best night sleep since we started, amazing and good news. Good because although we still had a blizzard going on, the wind had died down a lot and so we had snow settling on the tent and adding some layer insulations, so we were really quite warm and snug.
But, got up in the morning and again zero visibility. Wind, as I say wasn’t as bad as the day before but we just can’t see even a foot around you. It can make you feel quite sick and dizzy. So, we had two big climbs, again I’m waiting for this plateau to be flat! And, with one of the climbs came a steep descent. But, obviously when you can only see a foot around you we had no idea it’s gonna be quite so steep. And, I had a huge wipe out and took everyone with me all the polks, tarka! Tarks shouted at me and I did try and explain to him, you know this is quite steep and I haven’t got my heals fixed in here. I have only really done normal Alpine skiing before. I am not a telemark expert, so please you know bear with me here. Which he finally did see the point and apologised.
Eventually, 5 oclock just before we finished for the day the cloud actually cleared and the wind and the snow stopped. And, we could see where we are and it makes such a difference when can see it’s the most incredible scenery, but we see for like 0.5% and it’s ridiculous. But it really boost moral when you do see it. By 6 oclock it’s gone again winds blowing and Tarka’s building the walls. Thats pretty much it for today. Yes, bye now and speak tomorrow. Bye
