Hidden Peak - Log 970608

Log-book - Sunday June 8

Report: Askole-Paiju
Date: Sunday June 8, 1997
Swedish Time: 6.00 pm
Name: Magnus Rydén
Place: Paiju, Pakistan, 3335m

"We began our hike towards basecamp from Askole early friday morning June 6th. The carriers lead the pack and we followed. A bridge was receantly finished, that saved us a very cold and dangerous wade across a river. At the cost of 10 rupes per/ person it was really worth it. It wasn't until afternoon until we stopped for lunch, rather 7 hours of hiking with shorter breaks. The carriers didn't want to stop if there was no shade and water. Sometimes one could wonder who had hired who ! After lunch we didn't get farther due to the same reason, so we prepared a camp for the night, and we tried the satellite phones home to our families.

Magnus Rydén

Saturday went as planned except for a nagging cold that one of the expedition members had caught.

On sunday (today) we arrived to Paiju where the carriers held their official sacrificial ceramony of a goat, along with preparing food for several days ahead. Know we have reached a height just under 3400m. and everyone seems to be fine, except for that nagging cold. One of the carriers has become ill, although that was solved fairly easily. You are truely in the hands of these carriers and you really have to be diplomatic. Tomorrow we head up towards the Urdukas glacier, so we have to enjoy of the small grass patches that are here. We are not the only foreigners here, there are also Japanese and Nepalnesian expeditions. It's almost dark so it's time to go to sleep, here we follow the sunset and sunrise instead of clocks."

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