We awoke to a dawn rain that changed to snow. Fortunately, it stopped as quickly as it started and left the air cool and clean for our ascent of the Char Cha La. We left camp about 9 AM and immediately started on the unrelenting uphill. Literally every step from camp to pass was up. W. and A. led the way;
I was pushing as hard as I could but could only manage a 3rd place, well behind those 10 years or so my senior. I think it took about 3 hours to knock off the 1000 meter gain to a high point of about 16,100 feet (4950 meters). L. and J. brought up the rear today. Shortly after they hit the top, we dropped into the upper Jumlam proper. 
This involved a bit of a hairy traverse above the young river. There was an interesting juxtaposition between brown and grey rocks. We had lunch in a beautiful spot maybe 20 minutes below that pass that was considerably more sheltered. Camp was in a big broadening of the valley at about 4500 meters. A small group of blue sheep approached the camp along the valley bottom and M. and I walked out to meet them; waiting in camp would likely have resulted in getting just as close.
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