Shisha Pangma. Our nine-member Hungarian team climbed Shisha ...
Shisha P angm a. O ur nine-m em ber H ungarian team clim bed Shisha Pangm a by the original route. We had a difficult jo urney to the m ountain and back: B u d apest-M oscow -T ash k en t-D elh i-K ath m an d u -B ase C am p -L h asa -G o lm u d -
B eijing-U lan B ato r-M o sco w -B udapest, half o f it on the surface to m anage it by the cheapest w ay. From Base C am p at 5000 m eters, we reconnoitered on Septem ber 11 for a site for A dvance Base at 5850 m eters. W ith six yaks and tw o drivers, we w alked the 30 kilom eters to A dvance Base from S eptem ber 18 to 20. C am ps I and II were placed at 6400 and 6950 m eters. O n the 25th we had to return to A dvance Base because Peter D ékány had fallen seriously ill. A fter tw o d ays’ rest, three o f us set out again and made C am p III on the very windy northeast ridge at 7400 m eters. On O ctober 1, A ttila O zsváth and I got to the top. W hen Z o ltán B alaton, L á szlo V örös, Jó zsef C síkos and L á szlo Várkonyi got to C am p III, they had to dig a snow cave because the tent had been blow n o ff by the w ind. O n O ctober 8, they also reached the sum m it. T hese were the 25th and 26th ascents o f Shisha Pangm a.
S ándor N a g y , Magyar Hegymászó Klub, Hungary
B eijing-U lan B ato r-M o sco w -B udapest, half o f it on the surface to m anage it by the cheapest w ay. From Base C am p at 5000 m eters, we reconnoitered on Septem ber 11 for a site for A dvance Base at 5850 m eters. W ith six yaks and tw o drivers, we w alked the 30 kilom eters to A dvance Base from S eptem ber 18 to 20. C am ps I and II were placed at 6400 and 6950 m eters. O n the 25th we had to return to A dvance Base because Peter D ékány had fallen seriously ill. A fter tw o d ays’ rest, three o f us set out again and made C am p III on the very windy northeast ridge at 7400 m eters. On O ctober 1, A ttila O zsváth and I got to the top. W hen Z o ltán B alaton, L á szlo V örös, Jó zsef C síkos and L á szlo Várkonyi got to C am p III, they had to dig a snow cave because the tent had been blow n o ff by the w ind. O n O ctober 8, they also reached the sum m it. T hese were the 25th and 26th ascents o f Shisha Pangm a.
S ándor N a g y , Magyar Hegymászó Klub, Hungary
