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Dhaulagiri step by
step....
The team :
Ludovic CHALLEAT,
French, Moutain guide, Leader
Jean-Marc
VENGEON,French, Moutain guide
Francois LESAVRE,
French, Moutain guide
Jean-Pierre OLLAGNIER,
French, Moutain guide
Gilles ROMAN, French,
Everest summiter
Christophe VEROVE,
French,
Jean-Luc SCOTTO,
French,
Joel COSTE, French,
Aziz KHAMALLAH,
French,
Peter GUGGEMOS, German, 6*8000 Summits
Inaki OCHOA, Spanish,
Moutain guide, 7*8000 Summits
Latest News:
Back to KTM after a
month on Dhaulagiri.
Globally, we had bad
weather and a lot of snow...
We arrived om the 16th
of september in BC.
17th : put fixed ropes
and carried loads after ice fall,
18th : carried loads
after ice fall,
19th / 20th : bad
weather,
21st : climbed up to
camp 1 (pass, 5800 m),
22nd : rest,
23rd : tried to climb
to camp 2 (big risk of avalanches), we left loads at
6400 m,
24th : 30 hours of
snow falls, stayed in camp 1
25th : big risks of
avalanches to go down, camp 1
26th : back to BC
27-29 : good weather,
rest in BC waiting for better snow conditions
30 : up to camp 1
1st : up to camp 2
(6700 m)
2nd : track + put
fixed rope until 7200 m
3rd : track + put
fixed ropes until 7400 m
4th : night in camp 3
(7500 m)
5th : attempt to
summit : more than 1 meter of soft snow in the
traverse. Back to C1
6th : back to BC.
Best regards Ludo.
For full reports from the American Dhaulagiri Spring 2002 expedition see here... Photo Gallery from the Mountain-Link Dhaulagiri 2002 Expedition see here.
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