Classic climb from C3 6870m.
Cloudy weather, not too windy, not too cold.
We were only six french people to summit this day.
Many thanks to Denis POUSSIN our guide and odyssee-montagne.fr
reached 7400, very bad weather, zero visibility, non technical mountain, most importand is good weather so time reserve and patiance is a clue. (mobile phone signal in camp3! even better then in b.c.)
Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2007
Climbed the mountain on my own (using local base camp service) in Alpine Style (moving camp). Acclimatized one week on the way from Islamabad in the Nanga Parbat Area which limited my time at Mustag Ata to 2 weeks, which was the right decision (no boredom at all during my stay). Weather is always an issue so make sure to get proper information from abroad (mobile phone access in basecamp)- local weather forecasts are non-existent .
Very beautiful and accessible mountain. Was in 2002 part of an international expedition, only one out of twelve made it to the summit. My adventure ended sadly at approx. 5900 m by different reasons. It was a great experience and the cycling up the Karakorum Highway was a real adventure in itself! :)
Will have my revenge this year.
Keep the mountain clean!
This year the weather was very unstable and we also had some snow in the mornings at BC. We got a four day slot of good weather for our attempt and we did it on 26th of July. Going down with skis was not so much fun as I thought... Thanks to Christian, Daniel and Martin who went with me !