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Show Russell Jacob 16 December 2009 the same. They just did. And it just happened that both of them were ... we couldn ' t move. We were just beat up. And the Japanese group stayed there, uh, also two nights . And we left, uh, the next morning, uh, having left them with only one night at that platform. We left, and, uh, Les and Terry had left about the same time [or] just shortly after we had left. But because their camp was higher up, they had a head start on us. And, uh, the next section was very, very, very contrived. Uh, huge ice blocks that were just placed precariously, uh, not in our favor. They were doomed to collapse at any rise in temperature. Uh, so we managed without any mishaps through this area and managed to get on, uh, safer ground, which is basically the saddle between the south peak and the north peak. That elevation was twenty thousand feet. Uh, we both had our tents pitched, and we felt comfortable and knowing ... you know, we were at twenty thousand feet, our stoves were running good, everything was good, and we were all pretty much, uh, in good spirits to continue the climb the next day and make it to the summit. MD: That's as high as you'd been up to that point? RJ: Yes, twenty thousand feet. MD: Um-hum. RJ: Yup, earlier than, Huascaran on Tocllaraju, I should say, we failed on a twenty thousand foot peak. MD: Um-hum. RJ: So, we at that point, I think our highest point was about eighteen thousand feet. MD: Um-hum. RJ: Eighteen, nineteen thousand feet on a couple other, Uris and the Ishinka Peaks in the, uh, Cordillera Blanca area. Um, so, uh, but that evening, it must have been .. . there was a, |
