{"id":35449,"date":"2019-10-26T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=35449"},"modified":"2022-05-07T13:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T19:15:41","slug":"project-possible-update-shishapangma-summit-schedule-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/26\/project-possible-update-shishapangma-summit-schedule-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Possible Update: Shishapangma Summit Schedule Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, might be a history-making day in the world of mountaineering given that Nirmal Purja and the team have now established their Shishapangma summit schedule.<\/p>\n

As usual, they are climbing in one push, aka alpine style, bypassing any acclimatization. In order to achieve his timeline of seven months for all 14 of the 8000ers he needs to summit Shish by November 23. He posted on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook:<\/a><\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s confirmed that, we will be heading for the summit bid on the 29th. Tomorrow early morning, we will leave for camp 2. 28th we are planning to reach camp 3. 29th – “the summit day\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The weather looks acceptable with extremely cold temperatures but marginal winds with no precip.<\/p>\n

Of course, the crux will be the final climb across the knife-edge traverse. As shown in this image from edviestures.com, the main summit is in the right distance. The ridge is about 100-meters\/300-feet long leading to the true summit which is only about 15-meters\/ 45-feet higher than the central summit. It should take about an hour for Nirmal Purja to cross, then he has to return the same way.<\/p>\n

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Veikka Gustafsson on the knife-edge ridge to Shishapangma Main Summit April 30, 2001 – Himalayan Quest Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If he summits on the 29th<\/sup>, he will have summited all 14 in 190 days.<\/p>\n

These are the usual camps:<\/p>\n