Move to the mountains: Reaching base camp

We started from Gujjar Hut on the next morning (third day) after breakfast and reached Base Camp in quick time. We had to wait for out tents, which were being ferried by the porters and then helped each other set up their tents. The base camp was on a flat piece of land overlooking the end part of the lateral moraines of the dokriani glacier which had receded quite a bit ever since the camp was set up several years back. The snout was a good 1 km or more away from the base camp. The base camp was at the edge of the cirque (the circle of high peaks forming a bowl) in which this glacier was formed and had few stone walled tent covered structures, viz., the kitchen, quarter master's store and lecture hall. We pitched 11 tents, along 5 more for the advanced course and 5-6 tents for the instructors, vice principal, doctor and support staff. Across a nallah, were more structures, housing the porters. We could see camp of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology established in connection with a sub project on Glaciological studies of Dokriani Glacier.

My rope broke up and got divided into other tents as there was one tent less (11) than the number of ropes (12). We had a few classes and a movie (everest climbing) before we went to sleep.