Saifee expedition, October 1999
Shashi, Hema and Prem wanted to stay back at the C-1 but decided to
climb till the summit camp site just to see what it looked like. Here an
exhausted Shashi takes stock of the situation after climbing the steep
rock patch. Movement in these parts of mountains had become extremely tough
because big rocks were strewn all over the place and it was impossible
to move fast and snow shoes were essential. There was always the danger
of losing the balance, or slipping on a piece of slippery rock while moving
about on this terrain and hence the progress was very slow. Add to it the
fact that it was almost impossible to move more than 50 paces in a go without
having to stop to catch the breath and to drink some water and you have
pure, unadulterated agony.
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