Sat.8th Aug. Day 8. Paiju - acclimatization day

A climb 1000 ft straight up the hillside to gain a bit of height, then back down to rest. All part of the build up.
The rock was crumbly and unstable scree.
We got our first view of the snout of the Baltoro Glacier - and an idea of how far we had to go.
In the afternoon I was able to meet Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner. She is an Austrian mountaineer who has climbed 12 of the 14 8,000ers. She has 'only' K2 and Everest to go but sadly had just failed on this, her 2nd attempt, on K2. It's 8611 m. and she got to 8300 before chest high loose snow stopped her.
The goat today was presented as liver and kidneys on a bed of chips. Superb !