Advanced Base Camp

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Advanced Base Camp: The Forward Mountain Hub Where an Expedition Changes

ABC can mean Camp II on Everest, a separate glacier camp on another route, or the boundary where supported trekking gives way to technical climbing. Advanced base camp sounds like another campsite on an itinerary. It is not. Reaching one can mean leaving the relative security of base camp, crossing glaciers or avalanche terrain, and sleeping at an altitude where…