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porphy · 10-23-08, 09:23 AM

<<<Update>>>

New mountain again!

We took the decision to not climb Ama Dablam this year. The serac is active with ice avalanches hitting camp 3 and part of the route on summit day. It's better to shoot at something totally different, than to worry about the Dablam before and during climb, and possibly arrive at the mountain with no other climbing options, when the route is found to be too risky.

We opted to go to Pumori http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumori instead and try the south ridge! Pumori is certainly not a bad substitute. Higher and very close to Everest herself. And a beautiful mountain as well.

I don't know who acctualy have the altitude record at subsim. I have a posted photo with the "subsim duct tape logo" on the summit from my first unclimbed peak in Kirgizstan, at a modest 4900 meters. My personal "high" is 6668 meters in Peru on Huascaran North, but no subsim flag or logo on that one.
I think the only valid record should be a photo with something saying or indicating subsim at altitude. (please no pics from inside the airliner...)

Maybe we should have a depth record as well! Would be more fitting perhaps...

cheers Porphy

10-23-08, 09:23 AM	#4
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	<<<Update>>> New mountain again! We took the decision to not climb Ama Dablam this year. The serac is active with ice avalanches hitting camp 3 and part of the route on summit day. It's better to shoot at something totally different, than to worry about the Dablam before and during climb, and possibly arrive at the mountain with no other climbing options, when the route is found to be too risky. We opted to go to Pumori http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumori instead and try the south ridge! Pumori is certainly not a bad substitute. Higher and very close to Everest herself. And a beautiful mountain as well. I don't know who acctualy have the altitude record at subsim. I have a posted photo with the "subsim duct tape logo" on the summit from my first unclimbed peak in Kirgizstan, at a modest 4900 meters. My personal "high" is 6668 meters in Peru on Huascaran North, but no subsim flag or logo on that one. I think the only valid record should be a photo with something saying or indicating subsim at altitude. (please no pics from inside the airliner...) Maybe we should have a depth record as well! Would be more fitting perhaps... cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.