A report January 21, 2012 from the base camp at the foot of Gasherbrum

A report dictated over a satellite telephone on January 21, 2012 from the base camp at the foot of Gasherbrum:

Today in the afternoon we have reached Gasherbrum BC at 5,030 m above sea level. The temperature is -20°C, the wind blows with 0-10 km/h, there is approximately half a meter of snow cover on Concordia and on the moraine – up to 30 cm. During the entire day, the sky was overcast and it cleared up in the evening.
During the last two days we had a lot of luck – weather conditions were favourable for marching and our porters decided that we were going to reach Sharinj. Therefore, today there have been only four hours of marching left to get to the base camp. Unfortunately, due to the overcast sky we could see neither K2 nor the “Shiny Face” of Gasherbrum IV.
Today, having reached the base camp, we put up our tents and get access to our warm clothes that we on the bottom of our bags carried by the porters. We plan to spend the next two days on establishing the base camp – our home for the next two months. We have to put up a mess tent, a storehouse, a toilet, etc.
In the evening out efforts were rewarded – at sunset we could see our mountain in all its magnificence!

Greetings from Gasherbrum BC!
Agna, Artur, Adam and Janusz