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Back to Basecamp

The next day we began the "Death March"--11 hours of hiking down to Base Camp. The weather was great and the midnight sun made travel at night very easy. We crossed at least 40 sagging snow bridges over crevasses. It was a frightening time on the lower part of the glacier, and we were glad to be at Base Camp.
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