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The glacier from which Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their first ascent of 8,932-meter Mount Everest in 1953 has retreated so much mountaineers now walk hours longer to reach it. A two-kilometer-long lake replaced the glacier at 6,189-meter Island Peak in Nepal's Everest region.
szymiec wrote:Got turned around on the AthaB glacier yesterday. Seracs coming off of Snow Dome are getting way way too frequent. I forsee a new route up the head wall very soon.
Also, the classic North Face of Athabasca is now being upgraded from a III 5.6 to a III 5.9 because of an additional few meters of exposed rock at the crux that was burried 10 years ago.
Bummer dude!
szymiec wrote:Also, the classic North Face of Athabasca is now being upgraded from a III 5.6 to a III 5.9 because of an additional few meters of exposed rock at the crux that was burried 10 years ago.
Bummer dude!
Elvis wrote:szymiec wrote:Also, the classic North Face of Athabasca is now being upgraded from a III 5.6 to a III 5.9 because of an additional few meters of exposed rock at the crux that was burried 10 years ago.
Bummer dude!
Yo Szymiec, It's more like III 5.4 to III 5.8. Barry B was up there guiding Erik Weihenmayer(blind Everest climber). Surprised you did not drop his name too. lol
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Elvis wrote:Yo Szymiec, It's more like III 5.4 to III 5.8. Barry B was up there guiding Erik Weihenmayer(blind Everest climber). Surprised you did not drop his name too. lol
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szymiec wrote:Elvis wrote:Yo Szymiec, It's more like III 5.4 to III 5.8. Barry B was up there guiding Erik Weihenmayer(blind Everest climber). Surprised you did not drop his name too. lol
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I suppose that was a bit of a shameless name drop. Blind Everest climber huh, thats just strange. Now i suppose he's a blind AthaB climber too.
yawn
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