Resupply

We have made a swift visit back down to Mukut to pick up some essential supplies that we were running low on. The pitch through the roof took a lot longer than expected, along with the hauling to the base of the roof. I (Matt) took four falls on the roof pitch, two of them around 30ft or so, ripping out a time consuming and technical aid traverse of copperheads, hooks, tipped out Peckers and finally some short tied off knifeblade pitons which gave way under bodyweight.

Hauling our 100kg loads (mostly water) has proven the most tedious part of the climbing so far. The last day we got caught out in a rainstorm, the wall was streaming with water from all the overhangs, some free falling a hundred metres and then landing twenty metres out from the wall.

We are heading back up today and will probably spend tonight on the wall beneath the roof. We aim to reach the summit from here in a multiday push, not sure how long it will take but we have food and water for six days including our descent. We don't get phone coverage on the west face so maybe out of touch for a week to ten days, will continue to take photos and blog whilst on the wall but will have to send them when we are back down in the village around the 23rd.

Thanks again for tuning in,

Steve/Matt