Moir Hut – 24th February
Not everybody made the excursion up to Little Lent Hill
as there were a few amongst the group who had developed mild AMS headaches on
the morning walk up to the camp.
Unfortunately shortly after our return we were to
discover that Emma (S) had deteriorated and was now suffering from the full
blown pounding headache we had all feared.
There’s no doubt that she is receiving excellent care and
has been given some Diamox and painkillers but if she deteriorates any further
or has failed to clear by the morning there’ll be no option but for her
descend.
I’m sure my feelings would be mirrored by everyone else
as over the last few days we have really started to bond as a group with
everyone offering each other the support we’ll need to reach the summit.
And at the risk of sounding cynical it’s probably fair to
say that it would almost be expected that some of us would be struck down in
the final stages however this just feels too soon.
Despite this cloud looming over us all, spirits remain
pretty high over dinner and Pierre’s record of winning every card game at his
first attempt (before rapidly moving on to the next) has finally been broken!
It is noticeably colder tonight so I’m going to promote
my down jacket from pillow to blanket hopefully continuing my run of good
sleeps and with any luck there will be some good news waiting for us at
breakfast too.
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