Reached the refuge

Today has been very hard!

We got up well rested at 0730 and Anna was still tired after her very long day yesterday.
We started the ascent at 0830 (delayed as the guide had to vote today!) and we got off to a flying start.

We recognised that despite the sunny weather, a storm was brewing so we decided to skip lunch and head direct to the refuge.
This meant climbing from 1750m to 3200m non stop, but Anna did this brilliantly and we arrived 1900 calories later around 1:30pm.
Starving!


Anna is wrestling with the local food, knocked up by our travelling cook but the rest of us are loving it.

Twenty minutes after we arrived at the refuge, a thunderstorm broke out along with snow and then rain. This has lasted four hours so far.
Hopefully it clears up because at 0500 we are off to the peak.
That is a mere 1000m ascent but at least Jack and Sonia are feeling the lack of oxygen, it is quite a difference, with even slight inclines causing a bit more effort than normal.

We expect tomorrow to be tough.
Our guide climbs here 3 times a week and has said he has never seen a 9 year old reach the top before. But then he does not know wee Anna!
All going well, we will reach the peak at 1100 or so.

Thanks again for all the support.