With the last of their satphone battery, the Czech climbers sent a brief but encouraging message to their friends in Base Camp: “Again, a crazy, frozen night with a hurricane, but in the morning there is sun and no wind! Let’s go down, let’s go down, let’s go down.”
After opening a new route on Baruntse’s Northwest Face in pure alpine style, Cyclone Yaas trapped the pair for days. Despite the hardship, they have not asked for rescue or lost their cool. While waiting for enough visibility to descend, they have endured the gale-force winds and 40cm of fresh snow every day.
It is good news, but far from the end of their struggle. Now, the pair have to find their way down from 7,000m, on a mountain dangerously overloaded with fresh snow. We’ll update as soon as we get news, but if their satellite phone is now out of power, we won’t hear from them until they are back in Base Camp.
Thanks for the good news Angela!
Strength to the guys! ♡
These guys are superhuman.
So many questions – water, gas, food, hypothermia, lack of activity, almost no communication, constant fear for your life – how do you survive that mentally and keep your spirit up?
That level of mentality is ridiculous.
Thank you for the constant updates.
You can give Marek a call on this satellite phone and ask him.
Great, can you give me his number so I can send my best wishes and touch base with him?
You just can’t post a comment these days without triggering some weird response by someone who cant interpret what you meant and got offended for absolutely no reason, Alex.
Come on, Blabla. It was all in good humor. I didn’t get offended at all, I promise. I just wanted to post some light hearted humor after reading so many comments which have been focused on the negativity of Mt.Everest and the “mountaineers” on it. Sorry if I came across as offensive but that was not my attention. Peace to you, friend.
go go go! may no avalanche harm you! This will definitely be a climbing story to be remembered. And i hope it will be told by the brave mounaineers who have accomomplished this extraordinary climb.
Nail biting stuff! Haven’t seen this much drama in mountaineering since Winter K2. The clowns on Everest do not count. Safe descent, gents! You got this.
45mins till sunset. Hoping for good news!!!
A long time now with no news. It seems safe to assume their batteries died so they have no way to call for a rescue.