Jean-Christophe Lafaille 2003: Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak
 

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In French Jean Christophe Lafaille

Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

Jean-Christophe is now completely recovered from the gastro problem he had!

Last June 16th he left base camp at 4.000m in order to go straight to Camp 3 at 7.000m, which means that he feels really all right. If he has done 3000m of climbing during the day, this is not only to make some exercise but first to assemble the material he has left at camp 2 following his health problem which required his return to base camp, and that he has to convey to camp 3 in order to have deposits of material in the various camps for the final phase of the ascent.

The Summit: Yesterday night, over the phone, I felt him happy and reassured to feel better.

Weather forecasting are rather odd at this moment, bad weather is not confirmed yet. During 18 and 19, it should snow in a significant quantity all day long. Jean-Christophe has decided to left to Camp 1 at 4.900m tomorrow at the end of the day and to spend the night there, and start the ascent to the summit the following day, 19th.

If the weather forecasts are wrong again, he should reach Nanga Parbat summit on June 21st or 22nd.

If Yann’s forecasts are confirmed, he will be forced to go back to base camp because there is strong bad weather for 2 or 3 days. The forecasts seem more lenient as from the next week with good weather and not too much wind. We will see during these next 48 hours… Translations by Fabienne for EverestNews.com

Best regards. Katia Lafaille.

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