Today I woke up miserable! The over night low definitely hit at least minus 8 and I froze!! I managed maybe 3 or 4 hours sleep, despite the fact that I was so exhausted the day before!
It is Elizas birthday though and after waking her up with lots of 'happy birthdays' we ate porridge and pancakes for breakfast.
The chef then surprised her with a birthday cake!!! How he managed to make a cake at 4000 m above sea level... I'll never know! It was brilliant!
After breakfast and 15 minutes 'business time' we started our hike for the tallest point of our trek. Today was more of a gradual incline but it was SO difficult. Running on barely any sleep and sore muscles from the day before we all questioned whether we could actually do it.
Reaching the summit of 4,700 m and taking in the spectacular view of mount Veronica made it all worth it.
Truly amazing.
Today was another 9 hours of hiking with an amazing lunch in between, pop corn and hot chocolate when we reached the camp site, quinoa soup and Elizas favorite, spaghetti for dinner!
Tonight we are camping next to a glacier!
The crew are amazing. They set up camp, cook for us so it's ready for when we arrive for lunch, and then hike ahead of us to set up to cook for dinner and set up our tents for the evening.
We all played a dice game called ambitious after dinner which was a lot of fun!
I am layering up a bit more and I have filled my drink bottle with hot water to put at my feet... Hopefully I'll be warmer!
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