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This proved very important as very dangerous looking thunder clouds had moved in very quickly, almost without notice. There were several lighting strikes and horrendous thunder followed by 5 minutes of hail and then a pouring rain. We packed up all the gear very quickly and made our way back to the hut as quickly as possible. Now it is hard to describe the magnitude of the lighting and thunder. The first crack drove those that were standing to the ground. Now I have been in sever thunder storms and having lived with Air Force jets for the first 18 years of my life, loud noises are not foreign to me. But in the utter silence atop a glacier surrounded by huge mountains, a religious person might believe he was listening to the voice of God. Whether he was telling us to leave this area or not, this is how we as a group instantly interpreted it and responded as a single unit without more than a few words being said.

(To Day Six)