{"id":47450,"date":"2025-01-29T17:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=47450"},"modified":"2025-01-29T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T00:39:32","slug":"2024-25-winter-himalaya-climbs-end-an-everest-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/29\/2024-25-winter-himalaya-climbs-end-an-everest-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2024\/25 Winter Himalaya Climbs End. An Everest Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

All four of the four 8000er winter climbs\u2014Everest, Manaslu, Makalu and Annapurna\u2014are over, showing the difficulty of climbing these high peaks in winter. Only one met its goal. Meanwhile, the usual pre-Everest antics are in full swing.<\/p>\n

Makalu Over<\/h2>\n

The two climbers, Abolfazl Gozali,62, of Iran and Sanu Sherpa,49, of Nepal, ended<\/strong> their Makalu climb due to high winds. They did reach a respectable high point of 7,900m on 8,485m this winter. Gozali had no winter experience outside of Iran. He did have Manaslu and Lhoste via the regular routes in spring. Sanu has summited all 14 8000ers twice.<\/p>\n

Annapurna Over<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mattia Conte of Italy and five Sherpas from Seven Summit Treks abandoned their effort on Anna. Italian journalist Alessandro Filippini posted \u00a0on FB:<\/a><\/p>\n

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On Annapurna yesterday was a very long and definitely “eventful” day for Mattia Conte and the very talented Sherpa from Seven Summit Treks who with him were climbing from field 2 (5400 m) to field 3. Today all back to Kathmandu by helicopter.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Alex Txikon<\/a> wanted a winter climb in Annapurna but developed appendicitis and was evacuated<\/strong> to Kathmandu for surgery. The plans of the two climbers with him, young Pakistani climber Sajid Ali Sadpara and Italian Mattia Conte and Pole Waldemar Kowalewski, stayed for a bit but also abandoned the effort. Sajid posted on Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We had completed rotations, and our incredible Sherpa brothers had fixed ropes high on the mountain. But climbing isn\u2019t just about summits\u2014it\u2019s about the safety and camaraderie of your team. The mountain will always be there to climb. Now back in Kathmandu<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jost Kobush tags 7537m on West Ridge. Climb Over (New Podcast Soon)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

German Alpinist Jost Kobusch accomplished<\/strong> his objective of a winter, solo, no-O’s climb to reach over 7500 meters on Everest’s West Ridge. He made it in six days after arriving at base camp. \u00a0Jost tells me directly that he’s very happy with the results.<\/p>\n

You can see his climb on the excellent tracking map at 3D Reality Maps,<\/a> which uses\u00a0Zoleo<\/a>, and on his social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and his\u00a0website.<\/a> I did two interviews with Jost at:<\/p>\n