After 25 days in the...

After 25 days in the...

After 25 days in the wilderness, we were at the foot of the peak. Well, almost. It felt like we were, but in reality it was still 19km afar.
Corax
on Nov 6, 2004 5:31 pm
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing
Image ID: 77048

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Tomek Lodowy

Tomek Lodowy - Feb 22, 2006 7:26 pm - Voted 10/10

**** !!!

I just can't find any words to describe my delight about this gorgeous view...

Corax

Corax - Mar 1, 2006 9:26 pm - Hasn't voted

A beauty

Thanks!
I loved to arrive there after so many days of struggling. What I didn't like was the fact that I was too wasted to make an attempt on this wonderful, unclimbed peak.

tphubbard

tphubbard - Jun 2, 2006 1:03 pm - Voted 10/10

Love this hill it is such a pure shape

Wow!

Corax

Corax - Jun 6, 2006 4:23 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Love this hill it is such a pure shape

Thanks for the comment!
It's a really nice-looking peak and that was why famous explorer Sven Hedin choose to baptize it after a the Swedish king at the time.

Andinistaloco

Andinistaloco - Sep 25, 2006 4:36 am - Voted 10/10

Wow!

Surreal... nice job!

Corax

Corax - Sep 25, 2006 8:04 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Wow!

Thanks!
I think the whole area is surreal. So many strange colors and shapes and the total isolation completes the feeling of being..."not really on earth".

Rick B

Rick B - Dec 17, 2007 7:47 am - Voted 10/10

Fascinating

Fascinating photo from a fascinating adventure! What's the altitude difference between this point and the summit?

Thanks for letting me dream away a bit during a dull dutch winter day..

Cheers,

Rick

Corax

Corax - Dec 17, 2007 10:56 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Fascinating

Thanks for the comment.
It was really a fascinating adventure. So far into the wilderness and such beautiful surroundings. The feeling of being the only two humans within perhaps 300km was also amazing.

The altitude where the photo is shot is about 5100, so about 1200m meters up to the summit.

eza

eza - Sep 30, 2008 10:58 am - Voted 10/10

That white wonder is telling me...

come and climb me! come and climb me! I love the picture, thanks for posting it

Corax

Corax - Oct 12, 2008 6:25 am - Hasn't voted

Re: That white wonder is telling me...

It did!
It's was like a magic force pulling us there. Good we didn't gave in and tried. I hadn't been here today then. The force kept on pulling though and four years later we went back and climbed it.

winemanvan

winemanvan - Mar 9, 2010 10:27 am - Voted 10/10

beautiful

Excellent shot, full of adventure.

Corax

Corax - Apr 13, 2010 4:32 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: beautiful

Thanks!
It was one of my most adventurous trips.
Had a great time, even if it was very hard at times.

Guillaume.Ceyrac

Guillaume.Ceyrac - Sep 19, 2011 3:53 pm - Hasn't voted

This is the place...

... where I would like to be right now. I see myself cycling, then climbing up and then snowboarding down. Kind of heaven on earth. Congratulations for being there.

Corax

Corax - Nov 15, 2011 4:59 am - Hasn't voted

Re: This is the place...

Failed to reach the summit or even attempt the peak in 2003, but made it four long years later. It was a wonderful feeling to come back and make it!

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