Day 2

Today we had a short hike from Shira 1 camp to Shira 2 camp. E wants the best chance to acclimatize so we are doing an eight-day itinerary, which means that we have relatively short hiking days and lots of time in camp.


Shira 1 camp at sunrise

Hiking across the Shira plateau

To make our trip a little longer, we took a side trip to Fischer Camp, established by the late Scott Fischer, who died on Everest in the infamous "Into Thin Air" storm. There are a couple memorials to Scott placed on rocks near the camp.

The view from Shira 2, of Shira Cathedral (Goodluck and I scrambled up it this afternoon).