The overall plan was to try for as rapid an ascent as was possible but to be wary of altitude sickness. One way to condition the body is to "carry high and sleep low". At certain points we would camp a night, get up early and carry a load of food and gear up to the next point, bury it and mark it with wands.
Then you return to camp, rest overnight, break camp and move up to the next point.
The gear needs to be at least a meter deep as the ravens will dig in the snow and tear into your gear. It has to be marked with a 6 to 9 foot marked wand as new snowfall can obliterate shorter wands. One Italian climber lost his passport, flight tickets and money as 4 feet of snowfall hid his 3 foot wand. the markings allow you and the rangers to identify hidden caches. Teams are fined for abandoning gear.
Here is a different route map.
Our plan was to camp at 7800', 9600', 11k', 14k' and 17k'
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