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Days of decision on Nanga Parbat
Tomek Mackiewicz on ascent
The first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat is in the air – say my gut instincts. Sunny days and clear nights are expected on the eighth highest mountain on earth until the weekend. The wind is to calm down, to a speed of just ten kilometers per hour on Friday. That sounds like ideal conditions for a summit attempt – if we can still speak of it in winter at all. After all, the temperature at the 8,125-meter-high summit is about minus 40 degrees Celsius. Maybe the reason for my optimistic gut feeling is simply that the teams on Nanga Parbat are currently rather stingy with information. Almost as if they are fully focused on climbing and don’t want to be distracted by „public relations“.
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19. January 2016 | 19:45
Ali Sadpara, Bielecki, Czech, Lunger, Mackiewicz, Moro, Nanga Dream, Nanga Parbat, Nardi, Revol, Txikon, winter ascent
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