A 15-member Russian team arrived yesterday at Dhaulagiri Base Camp, ahead of everyone including the Nepalese rope fixers. They plan to climb without sherpa support or supplementary oxygen.
The Russian team in Kathmandu before heading to Dhaulagiri. Photo: Alexander Dusheiko
Alexander Dusheiko is leading the team. According to the expedition literature, this includes two-time Piolet d’Or winner and seven-time Snow Leopard Nikolay Totmyanin. However, he does not appear in the team photo, so we will confirm his participation in a later update.
The Russians left for Nepal on September 1 and started the approach trek on September 4. They reached Base Camp yesterday. Today, they fixed ropes over the rocky part of the route, from 4,650m to 4,900m.
