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Arrival of Marco
Camandona, 6th day of expedition K2 2000:
It was a pleasure to
welcome my friend Marco Camandona in Islamabad today who also came to climb the
K2. Marco is 29 years, and he is a mountain guide and ski instructor, and, with
Abele Blanc and I, arrived at the summit of Cho Oyo and Shisha
Pangma, two mountains over 8000 meters in 1998. My Italian friend
came in a good hour, because we made the called "briefing" at Ministry
of Tourism, where we had a meeting to sign several documents and receive
instructions about how we should behave during all our staying in
Pakistan. After such bureaucratic part, and filling all
requirements, we are ready now go on towards the North of the
country, where the mountains of Karakorum are located, beyond our
dreamed K2.
I was very happy with
Marco's arrival, because we've already begun to define our plans to
climb K2, getting in a true rhythm of expedition. We've
checked together all our equipment, and at this time (22:53 here in
Pakistan, 14:53 in Brazil) all our baggage is on a bus roof, ready for our
departure at 4:00 AM..
Well, but it's still
missing an alpinist in our team, who is just Abele Blanc. This other
Italian friend will arrive a little late, because he's just climbed another big
mountain in the world, and also one of the most difficult of 8000 ones:
Makalu (8564 meters) on May 15th. It was one of the most demanding
expeditions, because the spring in Central Himalayas was very cold and with
strong winds. Abele, together with his partner Cristian Kuntner (who was
with us at Gasherbrum last year), was one of the few alpinists to succeed
in mountains of the area. The conditions
were so extreme, that the day that Abele arrived at the summit, an Austrian
alpinist died going down from physical exhaustion. But my friend Abele, is
ok, in fact, he is great, acclimatized and enthusiastic. He's only decided to
have a rest in Italy for some days, before helping us to climb K2.
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