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Makalu
2001
Italian
Makalu Expedition. This team
is composed of 10 Italian UIAGM Mountain Guides from
Dolomites (S. Martino di Castrozza), led by expert
Renzo Corona. They will attempt the normal route. They
will start the expedition from Italy, April 1st. 2001.
More
Details: A team of professional Italian Alpine Guides,
named The Eagel of San Martino, will attempt the Makalu summit
to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first
expedition. The team will include Renzo Corona
(leader), Narci Simion, Mariano Lott, Tullio Simoni,
Sebastiano Zagonel, Donato Zagonel, Giampaolo Corona,
Gianfranco Dell'Antonia and Alessandro Rigobello
(medical staff). Leader Renzo Corona is on his
first hiamalayan expedition, but previously been a
member of teams on
Chinese climbs. He has some Patagonia summits, and has a
good curriculum on Dolomites walls. The team will fly
to Nepal on April 1st, heading for Tumlingtar.
Then a 12 day trek to base camp. From there, they
expect to establish 4 more camps with advanced base
camp at 5500 meters and three more to the top.
"We'll try the 3.000 meter leap in 4 days, and
the whole thing will require us 55 days in
Nepal", says Corona.
Source: Luigi Zoppello, Dolomutes,
northern Italy, journalist
Dispatch:
Friday
May 11th. Advanced Base Camp
Very
few news for a day that it was forecast yesterday:
horrible weather, windy, heavy snow with partial
clearing and wind. There are 25 climbers at the Makalu
Lha and some of them climbed to Camp 4, while others
descended for altitude problems and tomorrow we will
see what is going to happen. Our favorite climbers
(Renzo and Giampaolo) are thinking of departing
tomorrow morning towards the summit along some
Austrians and the strong Korean climber Li (summiter
of 10 8000 meters mountains). The weather represents
the biggest challenge and the final decisions rests on
the unpredictability of the weather in the next few
hours. Sebastiano and Donato, after sleeping at Camp
2, had to get up to reinforce the ropes of the tents
and they descended to ABC at around 6am. We are hoping
to send good news with the next dispatch. Keep in
touch.
For
all their news and reports with pictures in Italian
and some English see their web site here.
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