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Report from Alasdair McKenzie

Approach: Heli to BC

BC 07/03 4200m
C1 10/03 5000m
C2 12/03 5400m
C3 13/04 6500m (lower)
C4 6700m
Smt 15/04 by McKenzie, Dorjee Sherpa at 12 noon.

The other members of Nims’ team summited the same day, but a bit later. Nims Dai, Asma, Anna Gutu and their Sherpas.

McKenzie and the rest of the team started the summit push from C3 at 7 pm on 14/04, his Sherpa Dorjee was already higher up to fix the rope. McKenzie hooked up with Dorjee about 2 hours below the summit. He had come down from the summit from his rope-fixing trip. The weather was windy, the traverse to the summit was hard and icy. They spent about 10 minutes on the summit and descended to C3 where they arrived at 5 pm. On 16/04 descended to BC.

Left BC on 17/04 by helicopter.

Oxygen: Taken and used from 6800m to summit to 6800m by McKenzie & Dorjee.
Sherpas: Dorjee Sherpa

After Annapurna, McKenzie is going to Dhaulagiri, Everest and Kangchenjunga.


Report from Sabrina Filzmoser:

Mostly dry beginning of March, perfect conditions, but cold, sometimes little snow, high winds, then much snow, more wind, whenever there’s been some sun, massive avalanches and with melting snow quickly seracs also broke down.

Jetstream very strong from W or NW.

Ropes got quickly buried, every time new trail/trace, mostly knee-deep, sometimes hip-deep.

Filzmoser left early, due home to start her police work in Austria on 11 April.