Nice climbing on the British Route (c) Ueli SteckAbschluss der Shishapangma-Expedition von Ueli Steck und David Göttler
Ende April kamen Ueli Steck und David Göttler in Nepal an mit dem Ziel, in der Shishapangma Südwand eine neue Route zu öffnen.
Die ersten beiden Wochen verbrachten sie mit der Akklimatisation im Khumbu-Tal. Dabei gelangen ihnen die Pässe Chuckung-Kongmala-Chola-Renjola-Namchebazar - 58km / 3169m D + / 12h46min und der Gipfel des Island Peak-Gipfel von Chuckung aus.
Dann ging es zum Basislager der Shisha Pangma, 8027m mit einigen interessanten Zielen in Südwand. Ueli und David hatten eine schöne Zeit an der Südwand und es gelangen ihnen zwei schöne Routen (die Girona Route bis auf 7800 m und die British Route bis auf 7600m), aber sie erreichten wegen des Schlechtwetters nie den Gipfel. Nach mehreren Wochen im Shisha Pangma Basecamp ging es zurück nach Kathmandu. Für Ueli und David blieben viele schöne Erinnerungen, schöne Touren und eine großartige gemeinsame Zeit, in der aus ihnen ein wirklich gutes Team wurde.
Nachricht von Ueli am 26.5.2016:
"Without one full day of good weather we still climbed a lot. David and I climbed the Girona Route up to 7800 meters followed by the British Route to 7600m. Both in a single push up and down. It was interesting to see what it takes to climb in bad conditions on such a huge face. Until now I always climbed single pushes on 8000 meter Peaks, and in ideal conditions and weather. This time we were forced to climb in difficult conditions. Both times we went as far as we could in terms of taking risk and staying safe. Unfortunately we did not have a whole day of good weather the entire trip, instead we had daily strong winds or precip. Not ideal for climbing 8000 peaks. In one way, you always like to reach the summit, but on the other hand we climbed a lot and we are coming back with a huge amount of experience! Thanks to David for such a great trip. It feels great to know we pushed ourselves and at least tried to climb! If I look back on the last two months, we simply had a great time. Climbing Island Peak from Chukhung, running the 3 Passes in a day, and finally doing laps on a 8000 meter Peak! I look forward to the next trip with David. We definitely reached our goal this trip: come back stronger!"
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