andrea.it - Feb 6, 2006 2:39 pm - Voted 10/10
fixed ropeAre there fixed ropes all along the normal route?Or I need to bring and use my own ropes and icescrews?Cheers
PeterCorneliusSpaeth - Feb 7, 2006 5:41 am - Hasn't voted
Re: fixed ropeHi Andrea,
in high season there is a good chance you can use the fixed ropes of other parties. Your party pays a small fee to the sherpas that fixed the final slopes. Need of rope is highly dependent on skills, acclimatisation and, of course, conditions. We brought our own ice screws, snow stakes and 2 * 50m rope. Just to hear that at least 200m of fixed rope already had been in place. We used it to clip our ascenders and also rappeled down two sections. I left some of my own gear there since I repaired one rappel. It had been to tight, so one of our party had troubles rappeling, got stuck and had to be helped. Admittedly it was one of our porters that wanted to summit as well. He had never rappeled before. That beared a lot of fun and some nasty comments of guides ... ;-)
Cheers, PeterCS
PS: Most probably we will be there this autumn but will do the traverse instead of the normal route.
andrea.it - Feb 9, 2006 2:58 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: fixed ropeThanks a lot.
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