Paiyu to Khuburse - 12,600 ft

I hate walking on rocks, they are uncomfortable and they slip under my feet making it impossible to develop any kind of rhythm; but that's what we did all day. It took us about an hour to get to the start of Baltoro galcier. If glaciers conjure visions of vast crystalline blue snow fields then re-adjust; the snow where visible is ash Grey. Most of the glacier is covered with rocks, the terrain is rugged mountains as far as the eye could see. Beautiful, giant mountains that strangely seem ordinary since there are so many of them. Baltoro is going to be our home until we cross Gondogoro-la or in the worst case turn back.

We had cloud cover all day, the rain coming only once we had reached the camp with tents firmly in place. The day was tough, much more then I had anticipated. The highlight was Trango Tower famous with climbers.

Hamid has a fever, combination of exhaustion and sore throat. Hopefully, he will be better tomorrow as we have another tough day tomorrow.