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CLIMBING LHOTSE (27939ft) WITHOUT O2- April&May 2008

 


The High-Altitude Mountain Group of the Spanish Army has been sponsorized by OSSO. The group, set up by seven mountaineers, was joined by three other climbers from the Chilean Mountaineering Department, and left on April 7th to Nepal. After spending a day in Kathmandu, they all flew to Lukla and started the 7-day trek towards Lhotse, taking the same route as the Everest one until just a bit over Camp III.

The planned ascent route

The planned ascent route

Excerpt from their last communication (received April 19th):

Tomorrow we plan to wake up early to mount Base Camp (C-I) at 6000m. In order to get there we´ll have to overcome the famous Khumbu icefall, the first hardship we´re gonna encounter in our way. The last part of the impressive Khumbu glacier changes in shape and geometry from one minute to the next because of the ice movement. Anyway, the Nepali Gvt has equipped the area with fixed ropes and metallic stairs to make the advance across the countless cracks easier (...)

 
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