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Today
it's finally time to start climbing again. Both Dante
and me have been taken out because of bad stomachs,
and stayed in Leh for four
days. Now we are
going for
the Wari La Pass. On the way we can see the
monastery Chemre Gompa. |
In this picture, the
pass is a bit to the left and the summit
a bit to the right. The road
zigzacking up to the pass is
visible. The altitude of the
pass is 5280m |
A
look back to the south, from about 4600m. The weather is worse over
there, it's probably the monsoon that reaches all this way.
But we
are further north, still in the rain shadow and in sunshine.
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At
the Wari La pass. We will climb the slopes to the left.
Here is also
a very patient taxi driver, who waits for us
all the time, and in
good
spirit. |
Wari
La Pass seen from about 5500m. It's possible to
see the taxi
down there to the right. Otherwise here is
nothing, and almost no
traffic. |
And
here's the summit, in the other direction. Normally I would have said:
"almost there, no problems". But now we trek higher than we have
ever done before. Our bodies haven't fully recovered, and we've
lost important acclimatizing days.
I'm beginning to feel dizzy, my
muscels aren't fully cooperating anymore. We are making very,
very slow
progress.
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Catching
my breath for a while, during one of my many,
many breaks. |
Reaching the ridge at about 5630m. |
Just
60 altitude meters to the summit now. After every 1-2 altitude meters I
have to sit down and rest for a while.
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Finally
at the summit! It took 4h to climb 400 altitude
meters. At
lower altitudes, such a climb would have taken about
1h, without any
effort. |
If
you follow the ridge winding
to the north from here, you
will reach two higher peaks, a bit to the
right in this bicture.
The first one is 5820m and the second, Tangyar,
is 5920m. |
Looking
to the northeast.
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Far
away in the north north west, barely visible in the haze,
are the
7000:ers Saser Kangri I, II and III. Saser Kangri I
reaches 7672m. |
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