Yeti Footprints
Yeti Footprints near the Mera La, Nepal
We opt for 2 short ‘hops’ to High Camp with an atmospheric night illuminated by the massively bright moon on the Mera La. I get rather excited on finding some Yeti footprints here (I’ll show you the photos if you are a non believer!). Some of the members seem a little skeptical but then the air is a little thin at 5300m for enthusiastic Yeti hunting!
The increasingly spectacular ascent to High Camp next day gives many members their first views of the wider Himalaya and this short trek puts us in a good position for our pre-dawn departure and summit bid a’demain. Whilst a sleepless night and rushed bowl of porridge may not seem like the ideal preparation for a tiring days Himalyan mountaineering the trick is just to get up and get going – but “bistari, bistari” as the Sherpas would say (slowly, slowly!).
