Bruno Carvalho lost on Shisha Pangma
07:55 am CST Nov 02, 2006
(MountEverest.net) The Portuguese in Shisha Pangma’s ABC, already preparing to celebrate the team’s summit and Joao Garcia’s 8th 8000er froze at the message on the radio. “It was 10:00 am on November 1, and the news hit us like a bomb – suddenly nothing made sense anymore,” reports expedition journalist Aurelio Faria. The message, “BC, BC – Rosado here, Bruno died on descent.”
“Bruno fell to his death on descent, at about 7000m – 400 meters above the place where he would have rested for the night,” writes Aurelio on the expedition website.
Body found by team mates
“He was the last in the group of three Portuguese climbers and one Nepalese on their way back from the summit. He was climbing down one hour behind the others. Already in C2 João, Rui and Nurô Sherpa grew concerned and left the tent searching for him. Soon they would find Bruno’s body. Exhausted after a sleepless night and the summit push, none of them had the strength to try to bring his remains back down to BC. “We improvised a grave, and marked the place in case a rescue operation can be launched,” a shocked Joao managed to report .
“He was the soul of any expedition,” Aurelio writes. “Here in ABC, Bruno’s memories fill it all. What should have been a story of glory has ended up in tragedy.”
Portuguese Joao Garcia summited Shisha Pangma, his 8th 8000m, on October 31, together with Nuro Sherpa, Rui Rosado and Bruno Carvalho. Bruno perished on descent.
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