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Fall without serious consequences
Group picture – with joker Tomek Mackiewicz (r.)
Again, it’s a tough struggle for the first winter ascent on Nanga Parbat – and a dangerous one. On the Rupal side, the southwestern side of the mountain, the Polish “Nanga Dream” team is working their way up on the Schell route. “The guys are on the ridge [the Southsouthwest Ridge] trying to make Camp 3”, the team writes to me today. “They are pushing higher up to 7,000 meters.” Camp 2 is located at 6,200 meters. On the Diamir side, the northwestern side of the mountain, Thursday is “one of the few days – if not the only one – that we ALL are in Base Camp at the same time”, the Spaniard Alex Txikon writes on Facebook.
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14. January 2016 | 12:56
Adam Bielecki, Alex Txikon, Daniele Nardi, Fall, Kinshofer route, Nanga Dream, Nanga Parbat, Schell route, SSW Ridge
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