Day 4 - In Base Camp

Good evening ladies and gentlemen... It's snowing and Bram and Tim are resting in their tent. Today a 7-hour hike and they've arrived safe and sound in base camp. The camp is huge and there are plenty of toilets! Lucky for Bram, because he really had to go... Had to squeeze his butt together for the last 3 hours. You're not allowed to do it behind a stone or a bush. Hahahaha. It's a nature park and you better keep it nice and clean, meaning not leaving anything behind. My god... just the thought. What if you have to go? I mean r e a l l y have to... You do it in a bag, or what??? These are the moments I really appreciate a clean and lavender smelling bathroom. I don't think the back to basic life on the mountain is something for me ;-)

And Tim had his butt sticking out as well today... but slightly different. His pants completely burst open after walking only for 15 minutes this morning (Bram laughed HIS ass off..). They had to cross a river, so when Tim took his shoes out..... RIIIIITTTTCHHHHHHH, the whole thing opened up!!!! Luckily Tim's wearing cute red Bjorn Borg boxers, so it fit rather well with the rest of his clothes! hahahaha. Now I understand why Bram won't wear the pink Bjorn Borg boxers he got for X-mas.... That would have been soooooooo funny. By the way.. did the boys bring a sewing kit?

Bram had a super day today, he'd been completely fit for summiting... top shape! The guide had a hard time getting closer to base camp, he was panting heavily! Well, don't get to sure about yourselves now guys... you're only on 4200m !!!!!
Temperature in the evening is 0°C and it's snowing. And what's up for dinner tonight? -Pizza!
Yesterday a disgusting hamburger with bread (McDonalds suddenly got top ratings!!), so they were starving today.
Tomorrow is rest day, sleeping out, movietime, games, just being very lazy and gathering strengh to move up higher for Camp 1 the next day. Pretty tough circumstances (ie the day AFTER tomorrow...). I suppose that's when they're put to the test for the first time. Let me see what the weather forecast says... light snowfall for tonight, then sunny weather for the next coming days with increasing winds for saturday and sunday, decreasing as of monday to calm conditions on tuesday. Sounds pretty promising for going slowly higher!

Well... time to tuck in Grillon as well. Hopefully I don't hear any imaginative burglars tonight. I'll put the dogs on the soft carpet right away... Sweet dreams boys, it's only uphill from now on! Miss you... sniff sniff,
xx Jen wth the help of her dutch correspondante Bok (what would I do with out you??)