(this is a duplicate of the expedition blog entry) August 19: We’ve trekked for 2 days and have spent a lovely afternoon at Urdokas, my favorite spot on the Baltoro. Unfortunately it is being ruined by horse/donkey grazing; I spoke about that on the way in. I left a cold and snowy BC yesterday morning. Deedar and I went to …
Where am I?
Aug 23: Believe me, I’ve wondered that myself the last few days. Suffice it to say that at this moment I’m in Islamabad, have eated at McDonald’s, and took a real long hot shower in a fully-Americanized bathroom, and am at a semi-decent computer typing . I will hopefully have time to catch you up with what’s been happening in …
The week’s highlights, part 1
August 24: I finally have time to record some of the memorable parts of the trek out. I do this as much for myself, as I haven’t kept a formal diary this year (a first for me). If I don’t write it down, I’ll forget! Note that now that I have time/energy/good computer, I’m long-winded. Beware! This will take a …
Week in review part 2
August 18: We awoke refreshed–in part because it was a beautiful day, in part because we only had to walk 4 hours, in part because we didn’t have to sleep on the glacier any more. By now, Deedar and I had a good breakfast routine: He would make me a cheese omelette, I would make some drip coffee (Lavazza expresso) …
Mike arrives in Skardu by ambulance!!
Aug 22: Sorry, I just had to lead with that headline. It’s absolutely true, but very misleading–a perfect web posting. Of course, I’m fine, but here’s the story. I agreed to walk hard on the trek down if we could stop at one of the hot springs on the drive out. We awoke at 5:30, got away by 6:30, and …
A quick update
Aug. 30: Between travelling, electrical outages, and manky computers, getting online has been a challenge the past few days. So here’s just a few words (before the power goes out). I’m now in Gilgit. I was supposed to fly to Islamabad today, but the fllight was cancelled due to bad weather in Islamabad. I was only going to lay around …
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