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Report from Norrdine Nouar:

BC 31/03 4200m
C1 08/04 4800m
C2 09/04 5100m
C3A 10/04 6100m (underneath the face)
C3B 11/04 6400m (on top of the plateau)
C4A 12/04 6700m (on top of the plateau further up)
C4B 13/04 7100m
Smt 14/04 by Nouar with Flor Cuenca at 10:45 am (even though Cuenca says that
Nouar summited at 11:02 am)

Nouar trekked to BC from Tatopani and spent 2 weeks at Thorong high camp (4800m) from where he ran almost every day up to the Thorong La for training.

He arrived at BC on 31/03 and on 04/04 took some gear to deposit at C2 (5100m) and returned to BC the same day.

Between C2 and C3 there was a lot of avalanche activity in the couloir. Snowfall every day from about 3 pm.

Cuenca and Nouar left C4 at 8:25 pm on 13/04. There were on their own together with Allie Pepper and her two Sherpas Mikhel and Nima. Nima Sherpa used O2 and broke trail to 7850m; after that Nouar and Cuenca took over. All other people using O2 summited on 12/04 and 13/04. Windy weather and very cold.

They summited at 10:45 am and Allie Pepper and her two Sherpas arrived at about 11:15 am.

Cuenca and Nouar started their descent at 11:20 am to C4 (high) where they arrived at about 5 pm and spent the night there. Next day BC. Left BC on 15/04. Nouar trekked to Tatopani and Cuenca took a helicopter to Dhana.

Oxygen: Not taken, not used

Sherpas: None


Madison Mountaineering Clients:
Terry Sylvester
Nelly Attar