{"id":7433,"date":"2020-05-29T06:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=7433"},"modified":"2020-06-09T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:08:28","slug":"aconcagua-the-assault-camp-colera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=7433","title":{"rendered":"Aconcagua. \u0421amp Colera."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aconcagua. Start<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Puento del Lenas<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Casa de Piedra<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Base camp. Plaza Argentina<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Camp One. Cargo drop<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Camp One<\/a>
\nAconcagua. Camp Guanaco<\/a><\/p>\n

December 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today we do the cargo drop to camp Colera (“Colera” means “pass”, the camp locates exactly on the pass).
\nThe night was very moony and very cold. (Do you know what is the worst thing of nights in the tent at freezing temperature? The necessity to leave the tent and walk somewhere far from it. For men it usually easy.) It is only half-moon, but the brightness likes full-moon. Last evening, just right after the dawn, the temperature was -7C. I didn’t check it during the night, but it was definitely colder. The water of our breath fell on the sleeping bag as a frost. In the morning, after sunrise, the temperature increased up to -3C. Very refreshing weather.<\/p>\n

We were slow in the morning and started only in midday. Colera locates on 6000 metres, so we need to gain 500 metres. On this altitude and under the heavy backpack, it is a quite slow process. It is not enough oxygen in the air, and mussels, heart and lungs compete for every drop of life-giving gas. The brain is behind the eight-ball as usual. Of course, if spend longer time on this altitude, the organism would produce more erythrocytes, and life becomes better and brighter. However, for now, we have what we have.<\/p>\n

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Our Gps-track:<\/p>\n

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Ascent<\/p>\n

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The mountain slope here is very funny. It is warm, has huge yellow spots of the sulphur, refreshing smell of hydrogen disulphide and plenty of big nice crystals os selenite.<\/p>\n

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Very soon the fog and light snow with the wind came and visibility disappeared. It was a heavy fog in Colera Camp. We left out cargo and hurried down to camp Guanaco for our tea, supper and night sleep.<\/p>\n

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December 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today we are moving to Camp Colera.
\nWe are even slower than yesterday, so started only at 1 pm. However, the weather is nice, sunny and calm.<\/p>\n

Camp Guanaco:<\/p>\n

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The trail to the pass:<\/p>\n

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Guanaco below:<\/p>\n

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