23.04.2008
After two days of intensive climbing to an altitude of about 5000 m, Valery and Nikolay had to stop further climbing of new route to the West face of Dhaulagiri.
From Valery’s message:
« The weather conditions are extremely unstable; in the afternoon, it rains and snows at 5000 m, and it is very windy, about 90 – 100 km/ h, above 7000 m. In order for two people to climb such a long and challenging route in alpine style, the weather needs to be much more stable. Otherwise, it becomes extremely risky for both of us.
At the moment, we are thinking over the current situation. »
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