A long slog of a day - 8 hours walking. Begins with the scramble up the Barranca Wall. There are so many people here that we frequently wait for bottlenecks to clear before we can continue. Across two valleys, filling up water bottles at the last stream before climbing slowly to Barafu Camp (4600m). It is, frankly, disgusting. Tents huddled together around foul smelling long-drop toilets.
David suffers severe altitude sickness and has to descend.
Eat a dinner of potato stew and huddle in sleeping bags, wearing 6 or 7 layers to keep warm. Try to get some sleep before the 11pm call to begin the summit ascent.
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