We were up at 0100, and the guides prepared some heavenly cheesy bacon muffins for breakfast. Since we had to tear down camp, it took some extra time to sort all of the gear and pack everything up. As we each loaded our piles of group gear, we realized that today was going to be noticeably harder than yesterday. We easily had about 50-60 lbs in the pack and we were barely able to fit everything. The team moved well and topped out around 0530 in just under two hours. We snacked up and reached the cache around 0800. We still had another 1000 ft until our camp which took another three hours. The team was pretty knackered, but the guides also wanted to head back to the cache to grab our remaining gear. First thing's first and we had to build camp before heading out. We leveled out two large platforms for the two tents. I had my first headache of the trip and made sure to chug lots of water. We left for the cache around 1400 and were back a few hours later. This was by far the hardest day of the expedition and effects of the altitude were noticeable. The guides served up some comfort food of Miso soup and mac-n-cheese. The weather forecast continued to look great and potential summit days were now within site. Another bonus is that we were no longer on the night schedule and would get to sleep in tomorrow. We easily passed out around 2000.
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