After eating lunch at Sherson, the trail climbs gradually to a minor pass and then contours around a ridge before Makalu base Camp South comes into view. I was fascinated by an indentation on the Makalu Southwest face that looks surprisingly like a stick figure woman and a large long-haired man The trail descends about 100m and crosses a bridge over the Barun Khola to Makalu Base Camp South (4850m) on the west side of the river, just 55 minutes from Sherson. I paused at the monument to Jean-Christophe Lafaille to pay my respects.