We continue trekking up the undulating Baltoro Glacier. Another tough day's walk. In some ways the footing becomes a little easier as the roacks become smaller and smaller.
Memorial to an Austrian climber who died on Broad Peak. Climbing these mountains is serious business.if you google him you can find a wiki on his climbing accomplishments and how he died from exhaustion on the top of the mountain.
We walk up the center of the glacier, following cairnes. Sometimes the guides have to go ahead searching for a route that has changed. The glacier is living and moving.
We get great views of Muztagh Tower, Gasherbrum and Masherbrum.
Summit of Masherbrum peaks over the ridge to our south. It looks massive, but it is only a small part of this mountain. See later pictures.
We are passing more icewalls today and see the first seracs where the pressure inside the glacier forces ice ridges skyward. Here we are getting ready to cross a crevasse.
Our camp at Goro 2. Tonight is our first night camping on the glacier: sleeping on the glacier is cold. It is a bit unnerving to hear the glacier groan and crack somewhere far below.
