{"id":28203,"date":"2017-11-26T08:14:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=28203"},"modified":"2017-11-26T08:14:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T15:14:36","slug":"himalayan-autumn-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/26\/himalayan-autumn-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan Autumn Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a wild ride for those climbing in the Himalayan this Autumn with\u00a0valiant efforts on 8000ers, a few new routes and a tragedy on Ama Dablam. Never say never when claiming there are no more climbs but with winter approaching the attention will shift to K2 and perhaps an attempt on Everest and Nanga Parbat.<\/p>\n

Lots of attempts on the 8000ers in October but no summits.<\/p>\n

Lhotse – Over<\/h3>\n

South Korean, Sung-Taek Hong<\/a> and Spanish climber Jorge Egocheaga<\/a>\u00a0ended their attempt Lhotse’s South Face. High winds stopped them on their summit attempt. They had tried a few weeks earlier and rock fall and avalanches stopped them then. This is the same story as in previous years. Sung-Taek says he will return next year.<\/p>\n

Annapurna – Over<\/h3>\n

Slovenian duo Luka Stra\u017ear and Nejc Mar\u010di\u010d have given up after suffering frostbite. They were climbing the normal route on the West Face of Annapurna in alpine style. You can read the full report at their site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Manaslu – Over<\/h3>\n

Hans Kammerlander<\/a>\u00a0on Manaslu ended his effort due to massive amounts of snow. An updated\u00a0posted<\/a> on their site.<\/p>\n

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6000 and 7000 Meter Peaks<\/h3>\n

Some serious technical climbing is happening all through the world with a first and second ascents of 6000 meter peaks.<\/p>\n

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Route topo. \u201cOur rappel line through the lower ice cliff is actually slightly out of frame. However, we were deposited very near the bottom arrow point near the blackened ice, where debris from the ice above ran with regularity,\u201d Villanueva writes. Photo: Tino Villanueva.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rock and Ice<\/a> reports that\u00a0IFMGA guides Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau made what they believe to be the first ascent of Rungofarka<\/strong> (6,495m) in the Northern Indian Himalayas. The pair completed\u00a0the climb in five days from their base camp (3,900m), and had three bivies on route.<\/p>\n

Madison Mountaineering<\/a>\u00a0posted they made a first ascent on Tharke Khang<\/strong> in Nepal. It is\u00a022,000\u2032 (6670m).<\/p>\n

On 19 October, climbers successfully summited the West Ridge of Chulu West<\/strong> <\/a>at 6419 meters.\u00a0 The team included\u00a0J\u00fcrgen Sch\u00fctz, Andr\u00e9 G\u00fcnzel and Manuel M\u00f6ller, together with the Nepalese Dawa Gyalje Sherpa and Pasang Gomba Sherpa\u00a0source<\/a><\/p>\n

Previously reported first ascents included:<\/p>\n