Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003: Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak
 

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In French Jean Christophe Lafaille

Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

JCL June 15th 2003: Hi, Jean-Christophe was sicker than he thought he was…

He was probably contaminated by the water or another thing. He thus spent 3 days at the base camp, lengthened with stomach troubles and all what goes with…

Today he was feeling better, he went to walk on a small mountain beside the base camp, and the feelings were good. He does not have too many regrets to have because finally the crenel weather wouldn’t have made it possible to Jean-Christophe to make the ascent. The weather is capricious and changes from one day to another. As difficult as at Dhaulagiri! The forecasts of the week to come are not very nice, snow, in significant quantities, all the week long.  The first falls will begin tomorrow evening.

Jean-Christophe, according to his shape will may climb tomorrow morning to camp 2, in order to move before bad weather comes, and before the waiting time at base camp. Mood is all right in spite of the small preoccupations with the health of these last days and weather forecasting!

At the end of June, I leave to join Jean-Christophe in Pakistan. I will wait for him in Skardu and we will go together to the Broad Peak. It will take us a week of walk to join the base camp located around 4900 meters. I will stay at the base camp while he will try the last 8000 of his series! We will return to France together. Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

Best regards, Katia Lafaille.

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