Loaded up all our personal gear (decided at the last minute to scrap the 2nd pair of boots since it had snowed overnight and I thought I could stomach my 8000-meter boots) and another bag of group gear and headed out of Base Camp around 10:30. Best guess is that my pack weighed about 40 lbs. Getting up some of the scree was tough, but we arrived at Camp I around 1:00.
Just ate more raviolis than seemed humanly possible, especially after hot cider and soup. Sadly, Dan, Stuart, and Helvecio just left (during another major hailstorm) to take Daniel down to BC. He'd been having headaches and then started throwing up. Despite taking Diamox, his headache wouldn't go away so the guides gave him some Dex. Most likely, he'll fly out tomorrow. He's the last member of the team I would have expected to lose as he's so muscular and has climbed Denali. Down to 7 of us now.
Jim K has decided to hire a porter to get his ridiculously massive load up and down this mountain. Some story about his knee hurting. I've never seen such an overstuffed pack. If I have trouble later on or my feet fall apart, I will consider a porter, but not until then.
This hail is intense.
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