19/04/2009 12:40
April 18, the team of 7 Summits Club reached the top of Amadablam (6856m). First in this season. The team members to stand on the top were: Victor Bobok, Alexander Perepelkin and Sonam Sherpa Base camp was Pangboche. They set up Camp 1 ( 5600 ), then next day Camp 2 ( 6000m), and the last camp was supposed to be at 6300m, but they had to carry too much stuff and the way there was too difficult, so they built Camp 3 at 6250m on a very small ledge, built with the help of ice-axes on a sharp snow ridge. The first part of this trip was acclimatization climb of Island Peak. Our team also was the ... Details » |
