Maybe you
think you are doing great things in the mountains ..... and you might think
you're pretty good at it ... think Again.
Big news
from Annapurna. The South Face is yet climb by two French alpinists, Yannick Graziani and
Stephane Benoist. The French climb took place in almost one week. Having left
the ABC on 17th, the climbers reached the summit on October 24th. Surviving such
an extended period of time on one of the most perilous walls in the world is a
big feat in itself.
Notorious for its many deaths, avalanche prone
slopes and sky-cutting ridge; the peak frequently merely sees the world's top
high altitude mountaineers. And on their 14x8000ers bucket list, they usually
leave Annapurna for last.
23 people
have summited Annapurna south on new routes. More than 50% of these climbers
have died on Annapurna or other mountains later on.!!!!!
"The pair came down the south face. Stephane suffered
frostbite and the two climbers were
evacuated from the moraine to the hospital in Kathmandu" Source Exsplorers
web. Amazing achievement!!
Ueli Solo
Annapurna
After commercial staff ganged up on him on
Everest; speed climber Ueli Steck turned to a mountain void of mountain guides
and really, most everyone else.
The Swiss climber solo climbed a new route in
alpine style, in round trip time of 28 hours from Advanced BC. He has
reportedly completed the challenging Lafaille route, which was attempted by
Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Pierre Beghin in the autumn of 1992.
The Swiss
mountaineer took on the killer mountain alone and without fanfare, in a
beautiful mix of courage and grace. Only a handful of mountaineers have soloed
an 8000 meter peak. Only Ueli has done it twice.
