Last night as I went out for nature's calling, the moon was just creeping over the South Col and shining on the upper section of Lhotse and Nuptse.
Today is a rest day, nothing but lying around and taking it easy eating and drinking fluids.
Up till then it was 34 degrees Celsius. Lots of teams are starting to establish their Camp II, a two-man Russian team is setting up 20 meters behind my tent as I type. There is very little snow on the Face this year, which means more exposed ice on the route. Today I could see some Sherpas fixing the route above Camp III, toward the Yellow Band. Tomorrow we will send up two Sherpas from our team to help with the fixing in unison with Henry Todd.