Baruntse gets beaten up, summit in doubt
May 4, 2004 11: 21 EST
They had a very hard day, but now they are on the ridge....
“Hello Friends!
Here we are again. Today was an incredibly hard day. We started out at 3 in the morning and only now, at 7 p.m. have we arrived at the ridge. We climbed all day; we never stopped, not for drinking, not for eating.
The face was very steep and the climbing was very difficult and mostly in rocky and icy parts. All day there was a strong wind and so it was very cold. Some of our friends called us from the other base camps, because they were afraid for us. But everything is ok now.
Tomorrow we want to go to the north summit, the Kali Himal, and then we will decide if we should continue to Baruntse main summit or if we should go back. It depends on the weather and how long it takes to get to Kali Himal.
Ciao,
Simone, Denis and Camos”
First off, the Italian/Kazakh combo Denis Urubko and Simone Moro along with friends, will be attempting the North Wall on Baruntse, 7129m. After getting acclimatized, Simone and Denis will move to Annapurna’s North Face, attempting a new line on it.
Speaking about the route on Baruntse, Denis said; "There will be 2000 meters of vertical ice and rock face. The top of the face is not the real summit and for that reason we will have to continue our climb on the final ridge till the very top at 7129 meters. Our idea is to then make the descent via the North ridge.”
Image of climbers en route courtesy of the team.
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