Ascent route followed on the Manaslu.
	Pitching down the tents at Camp I, at 5800 m.

Ascensión

     On 12th January, we moved up to pitch down a tent at Camp I (5800m). Until 24th , we were not able to get any further. Those days we stayed at Camp I, moving down to basecamp and returning to Camp I, repeatedly. There were many reasons for that: the main reason was the bad weather (temperatures of -40ºC); another reason was that we needed to acclimatize, as we had not been at altitude for two months; and the last one was that Quino suffered from exhaustion symptoms (and, as he did not recover after a few days, we opt to helicopter him to Kathmandu).

     On 28th, we climbed up to Camp II. It snowed at night and very strong winds blew above 7000m. That day, the Iñurriategui considered the expedition finished and they returned to Kathmandu. The descent to the base, with great difficulties to see, took us three times more than usual.

     On 2nd, we turned back to Camp II: the wall was covered with snow. We slept there, waiting for a weather improvement, but the situation did not change. The descent over the wall to the base was extremely dangerous. Resigned, the only thing we tried was to reach Camp I to get our equipment back: we found the tent covered with snow and we were able to get it back after an hour.