Nanga Parbat Winter Attempt, 1988-9. Our expedition consisted of ...

Nanga Parbat W inter Attempt, 1988-9. O ur expedition consisted o f Maciej Berbeka, Piotr Konopka, Dr. Roman Mazik, Andrzej O sika, Andrzej Samolewicz, W todzim ierz Stoiński, Stanistaw Szczerba, Zbigniew Terlikowski and me from Poland, K rzysztof Szafranski from Colom bia and Kurt Walde from Italy. We arrived at Base Cam p at 3600 meters on D ecem ber 18, 1988. Temperatures there were between − 18° and − 25° C and higher, between − 25° and − 35°. O ur objective was the southeast buttress, but dangerous conditions forced a change in plans to the 1970 G erman route. On Decem ber 25, Camp I was established at 4750 meters. Unstable, windy w eather slowed progress and we could not make C am p II at 6000 m eters, the site o f G erman Camp III, until January 17. Lack o f snow cover and very hard ice required our fixing more than 2000 meters o f rope. Despite attempts, we could not establish Cam p III. On February 9, Berbeka, Kanopka and Osika reached a high point o f 6800 meters. The weather deteriorated once again and we decided to abandon the climb. Paw eŁ M ularz,

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