Pakistan: little movement and Polish out of Nanga
Pakistan winter is colder even than northern Spain.
AB/TS) Another stormy weekend has held teams shivering in BC and the Pakistan winter is increasingly taking its toll: following the K2 Russians, now the Polish on Nanga Parbat are leaving premises.
Nanga Parbat
They say patience is key to paradise, but Simone is getting restless.
"Waiting, killing time, gathering patience, keeping the desire to climb Nanga Parbat, avoiding a thousand excuses to throw in the towel, resist the urge to be heroes (idiots) and go up at any price risking beyond any reasonable limit..," he fumed in his dispatch.
"Karl Gabl's weather reports are bad," Simone posted yesterday. "Tonight, the roar of the wind at high altitude has accompanied the sound of soft flakes of snow on the tent. We are resisting .... but we are also considering." Denis looks at the bright side: "health and good feelings are still letting me hope for success," he wrote.
The two climbers scouted up to C1 on the normal route this morning in case they need it on descent. Turns out the mountain is all theirs:
"Back in BC, we said good-bye to our Polish friends," Denis wrote. "They went down to valley their expedition is over."
Gasherbrum I
The Spaniards, (Alex Txikon and Carlos Suarez) in Gerfried's international team, are just back from fixing rope to 6,700 meters - 100 meters below target due to the cold. "Time flies," Alex reflected. "It's been a month since the expedition started!"
On the normal route, Polish Adam and Janusz set up Camp 3 last Thursday before heading back to BC to weather the storm.
Winter 2011-12 Pakistan teams
