Tonight is the team’s first real sleep on Manaslu at Camp 1, 5700m. They climbed up today in good conditions and are feeling good. It’s not busy at Camp 1 which is a nice change.
Tomorrow they’ll head up to Camp 2 and drop back down to Camp 1 to sleep. Then again, the next day go up to Camp 2 but stay overnight to slowly acclimatise to the lower levels of oxygen at high altitude. Finally the team will drop to base camp to rest up. The route between Camp 1 and Camp 2 trails through seracs.
Not as intimidating as the Khumbu ice fall but nevertheless careful climbing and swiftness is required. It’s presently lightly snowing which may be the beginnings of the anticipated front. If there’s too much snow, the team will hunker down and wait it out.