Arian Lemal, the sweeper Treetop

On August 9, on an overcast and cool, I left é ice and rocks from the base camp. On leaving, I turned é several times and look towards the e gasherbrum1 with a sense of nostalgia, but also a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction. I then said "Thank you for this great adventure and soon" to Gasherbrum 1 and 2 "(I intend to return ...) I continued my way ... e in the direction of civilization. To the date, I e 7am march to join our camp. It was raining, the wind blew and froze my bones! It was rather unpleasant as time, especially since the carriers have arrived é s 3 hours later with the tents and stoves to make tea!

The next morning the sky was still overcast, but it was not raining. 8:30 A day of walking was waiting for me. To the date, I walked the remaining 40km to exit the glacier. What a relief to leave the glacier! The big surprise of the day and the pleasure was the appearance of plant odors. Indeed, for two months, there was no smell of the glacier. Tonight at the, the night was starry and I slept under the stars.

Around 4am, I woke up in the fleet! My sleeping bag was wet in your browser! I ran the tent "dining room" to continue my night! An hour later, I got up to make breakfast for you! I laugh now, but not at the moment!

On the third day, 40km walk (8am) was waiting for me again. This morning l, I felt the muscles in my legs screaming "Arian, stretch, stretch stp"! "Ok, ok. You are right! ". Little stretching session, and presto, I borrowed the last section dusty and rocky in the mountains of Karakorum to reach the small village of Askole, the first door of civilization ...

From Askole, we had to take the Jeep for 7am to get to Skardu, the main town in the region (2nd door to the larger civilization: hotel, bed, shower, television and internet). But because of heavy rains, the dirt road was destroyed in several places. This morning l, we have e 1 hour march to pass the first landslide. We took the jeep for an hour until the 2nd landslide. We é through the debris off, and the other cot e, we were fortunate to find other jeeps to the rest of the way to Skardu. In the photo below, the huge rock that you see in front of the jeep slid down the road two days before our visit ....

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On the next picture, we have e jeep through a roaring river and a jeep is stuck in th e rest out of the riverbed. It took 40 minutes of work and several attempts to get out of the ...

Here the landscape around us at this time to the ....

Patience was a must to this day the ...

Instead of the usual 7 am, it took us 12 hours to reach Skardu. The return to civilization wins!

But the adventure was not over yet. In Skardu, Islamabad had to join to make our international flights. By road, it was impossible because the road was destroyed / blocked in several places. The only option was to fly, but because of the weather, the only daily flight could operate every day. So we tried to fly e of the army ... to no avail! After 3 days of waiting, a miracle and a few "notes under the table", the aircraft arrived é to Skardu and we were able to board. What a relief! The 3rd door was open ... civilization.

Now here I am at the hotel in Islamabad to write you these few lines. Tomorrow I take off for France with only one day of retard.J 'have the chance. I wish good luck to Pakistan with this difficult situation.

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