Post 3: Plaza de Mulas 14000ft

Rest day after the 2nd hardest day of the climb.  Few wake with headache and everyone has to go to a med checkup before we leave my blood ox was 96, which is better than last years with 2 much harder days than I expected. Chris is sick with a stomach thing and barely makes it to next camp. He hasn't eaten anything for 2 days and takes 10 hours to get to next camp with a 14mile 4000 ft climb.  He is a very strong climber and should be ok.  We dodge mules along the trail. Winds strong with the temperature not too cold.  I got ran over by a stray mule on the way but luckily didn't get hurt.

I am now writing from PDM plaza de Mulas during our rest day.  Listening to descending climbers we got bad news weather was bad, temps were cold, and there was a lot of snow.  We still have 5 days till our push weather forecasts are too far out too be accurate.

Tomorrow is a carry day to our first high camp. We pack half our gear and descend to PDM.  I will have one more day of rest here at base camp and then go dark till I return in 5 days.  I have a satellite phone and will try to give a short update from high camps.

My tent is the one by the black bag. It got ran over yesterday as I dodged a mule, the bag wasn't quite as lucky.