08 Oct / 14:18 / North ridge / 52 km/h

Tracks erased by wind.

Above the second marker the snow moved horizontally. Every step forward removed the evidence of the one before it.

The party reached the ridge observation point but did not attempt the final pitch. Visibility collapsed from fourteen kilometres to four inside nineteen minutes.

Coordinates, gust estimate, and the turnaround were recorded before descent by compass bearing. The basin trees returned at 16:02.