Silvio Mondinelli joins Edurne Pasaban for Nanga Parbat 2005
Feb 9, 2005 11: 48 EST
Last summer we saw how Silvio Mondinelli joined forces with the Spaniards from ‘Al Filo de lo Imposible’ (On The Edge of the Impossible) team to break the trail to the summit of K2. Strong and with an ability to acclimatize better than the rest, Mondinelli helped Edurne Pasaban, the Basque lady climber, on the way down.
Edurne, suffering from frostbitten toes, appreciated the help of a good friend – they had previously climbed Dhaulagiri and Makalu together. She was not the only one: Sebastian Alvaro, director of the TV documentaries the team filmed during their climbs, soon started the talks to include Silvio in the team.
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