FRI NIGHT VID: Annapurna One

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 UKC/UKH News 27 Jul 2018
Annapurna One, 4 kbOur Friday Night Video this week takes us to Annapurna with a team of four friends. Their original objective was a new route on the largely unexplored North Face of Cho Oyu (8201), but unfortunately they weren't allowed to cross the Tibetan border. Their attention shifted to a new acclimatisation peak and the main objective of the Annapurna...

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 Thelongcon 28 Jul 2018
In reply to UKC/UKH News:

Great little video!

 TonyM 29 Jul 2018
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Enjoyed. The "team of four friends" bit from the introduction shouldn't be read as 'puntery camaraderie in the mountains' for anyone harbouring visions of emulation. All three people on Annapurna I are nails-hard, cutting-edge high-altitude Himalayan climbers. See: https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2018/07/adam_bielecki_and_felix_berg_make_f..., and Rick Allen of Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge 2013 Piolet D'Or fame.

 C Witter 30 Jul 2018
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Nice video. And the abseil off the knot was interesting!

 GDes 30 Jul 2018

Not short on cash are they! Can't imagine a last minute helicopter ride from Jomsom to Annapurna basecamp is particularly cheap!

 


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