There is nothing better than climbing up a steep tussock slope first thing in the morning with an almost 60lb rucksack on your back! The views were stunning across Cumberland West Bay which made up for it though. The tussock is also strong enough that you can use your arms to help pull yourself up the slope.

We made our way from the beach to the summit of Camp Peak which was one of the nicest summits that both Rob and I have done since getting to South Georgia. This is the view down into Maiviken with the frozen Maiviken Lake to the right and Spencer Peak with Repeater Ridge.

The view from Camp Peak out the entrance of Cumberland Bay to the Southern Ocean.

From Camp peak we waded through a lot of snow up to a Col which had to precipitice of a drop to Maiviken for us to contemplate with our full winter packs on so we retreated a small way down and went back up to the ridge and over another Col. This dropped us into the top end of Boulder Pass.

From there we donned snow shoes as the snow was very deep and we worked our way through the plateaus and lake once more towards the shore and round the North end of Maiviken Lake to the hut. We got to the hut in time to have a civilised cheese and biscuit break in the sun while sitting on the bench I made at the beginning of the year.

Rob went out onto the lake with a shovel and ice axe to see how thick the ice was under the blanket of snow. It was very solid good quality ice and took a lot of twacks to finally get through in a small 1 inch hole! It was about 8 inches thick 200 feet from the shoreline.

We had a great dinner of soup for starters and custard sponge for dessert each with a different main course. After a few games of cards it was time for another good night sleep.