German alpinist,\u00a0Jost Kobuschh’s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is at his high point for this expedition, 7,329-meters\/23,750-feet at his C2 according to his tracker. But the last reported location was Saturday, February 22, at 6:16 pm and as of this post, its currently Sunday, February 23 at 2:30 am.<\/p>\n He told reporters he will end his effort by February 29. In review, he is attempting a winter, solo Everest climb without supplemental oxygen and no Sherpa support. This exact style and the route have never been attempted or accomplished. You can track his location on this excellent map from 3D Reality Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n He had this update Tuesday, February 21, 2020, on Facebook:<\/p>\n Scanned the mountain and alternative routes through a large zoom objective a few days ago and found that my plan C has more optical illusions than good climbing passages.\u00a0With light snowfall I am now in camp one and will make my last and final attempt on the heavily icy route I explored last time in a 17-hour push.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Txikon on Southeast Ridge – Final Push Tomorrow<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex Txikon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and team will leave base camp Monday or Tuesday for their final summit attempt targeting February 28 for the summit. They developed a new line 400-meters\/1,312-feet to the climber’s left of the normal line on the Lhotse Face to minimize rockfall. Again, this rockfall and running water do not bode well for the upcoming spring season.\u00a0Angela Benavides, Press Manager,\u00a0sent out this release that read in part:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe plan now is to follow this line all the way to the South Col, about 1500 meters above,\u201d Alex said. \u201cThe route is in Good conditions,\u00a0 <\/span>but there\u2019s no way to set a proper Camp 3 on the way; the most we could try is to pitch one tent, if we manage to cut a ledge big enough on the ice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Monday, the team reached the highest point so far. \u201cI stopped at 6,900m, according to my InReach device, but Nurbu kept going for 200 meters up a 55\u00ba steep ramp, thus reaching approximately 7,000m.,\u201d Alex said.\u00a0 <\/span>The climber estimates that, with the latest fixing works, the South Col could be reached in two days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It will be on the next push up from BC, where the climbers returned for some rest and further planification. After pondering their options and studying weather forecasts, Alex Txikon is determined to try one more time. \u201cThere\u2019s no surrender. If the weather gives us a chance, we\u2019re going to fight for this,\u201d he ensured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Txikon’s posted this update on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n No surrender!! If the weather give us a chance, we’re gonna fight for this! We’re ready to go, just studying the best strategy according to weather conditions. Thanks to ace Karl Gabl of Innsbruck we have the best possible forecasts, based on constantly changing models.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jpst-Kobuschh-Winter-Everest-February-24-location-640x465.jpg\")
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