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June 15, 20007: team descended to Base camp June, 14, 2007 The team set Camp 1 at 6000 m, overcome berg and began to climb rock on the West Face. 6500 m Nickolay Totmjanin called: "We've just returned to BC. Together with Valery Shamalo we began yesterday to climb from the upper isefall pillow, reached the berg and crossed it, then climbed 6 ropes and have tought the rocks. There was snow-covered ice, and rock bastion begins further. Our group consisted of four persons - Valery and me fixed ropes and Victor Volodin and Serguey Penzov brought the ropes to us. We started from ABC (5600 m) yesterday, worked one day, spent the night in Camp 1, and now have returned to the base. Berg is huge, but we found the serak overhunging the berg, so crossed it without problems. The wall is very steep - I had to lift up my head to look at it. And it's obviously that it's the same further. But the bastion is not dangerous - there're no falling stones, no stones treks - absolutely clear wall, only snow streams are falling down. The wall's exposition provides the sun during the whole day on the whole wall, from the bottom to the top, from 8-9 a.m. Extremely hot! We worked in the base layer only. But it's too difficult to choose the right clothes - if you are in the shadow - it's very cold. We're experimenting with our equipment yet.
All is healthy, but we are coughing, of cause - the air is too dry on the altitude. Doc treats us in the BC. We don't work on the route on our power limit yet because our acclimatization is not completed. And carrying heavy loads is very hard on the altitude, and it's too hot... I think we'll do faster soon, after our acclimatization will be completed. The weather's fine. But the snow began here, in BC. But it was better on the wall - no snow. Today Gleb Sokolov, Vitaly Gorelik, Eugeny Vinogradsky and Vitaly Ivanov carried loads to the end of our ropes and have fixed 2 ropes more.
Camp 1 is on 6000 m, but we have to remove it to the more convenient place Earlier: Pavel Shabalin, Iljas Tukhvatullin, Andrew Mariev, Gennady Kirievsky, Alex Korobkov and Vadim Popovich set ABC camp (two tents) Earlier: The team have reached BC yesterday- the first expedition's stage is over successfully 1 day earlier than planned. Six climbers have already gone to reconnaissance Savoya glacier - they've marked the way to Japanese camp and are going back. Victor Kozlov's call from K2
BC (4-50 p.m. Moscow time): "Yesterday we arrived to K2 BC. We are
respectively luck with the weather - today it's better, as the forecast
predicted. We got up early morning, on 5 a.m., and after tea began to go to
BC. Reaching the place, we gave bonus to our sirdar and porters - they were
satisfied. Yesterday evening and today we do our camp comfortable. We set the huge antenna and
have now BGAN terminal connection. Except six climbers who work
on the glacier, others work in BC. All's OK, we are 1 day faster than is in
our timetable because we thought that had to spent one more day in Askole.
The loads which had been stayed there will be in BC soon. We have not yet to
cook the cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbage but do it as soon as possible
Nickolay Totmjanin: "We have
to do a lot now to do our camp comfortable. But the weather's ideal, and our
souls need already to work at the route... Yesterday we have set living tents,
today - the technics tent, smoothed out 0,5 ga of the terrain. We have built the sauna (Russian banja) on the bank of the stream, with kerosene stove - all's according to our plan. The Mount is in perfect conditions, as on classic photo. Now it's covered by the snow - after last days snowfalls, but there's no a lot of snow in the region. We see American-Czech camp not far from ours, but have not met yet. We saw two rescue choppers yesterday - they picked up one man to the board. Greeting to all". Background: Victor Kozlov - the expedition leader, Nickolay Cherny - the coach Climbers: Serguey Penzov (Severodvinsk), Victor Volodin (Moscow), Valery Shamalo (Saint Petersburg), Dmitry Komarov (Moscow), Pavel Shabalin (Kirov), Iljas Tukhvatullin (Podolsk), Andrey Mariev (Togliatti), Vadim Popovitch (Nizhny Tagil), Gleb Sokolov (Novosibirsk), Vitaly Ivanov (Novosibirsk), Vitaly Gorelik (Novosibirsk), Eugeny Vinogradsky (Yekaterinburg), Alexey Bolotov (Yekaterinburg), Nickolay Totmjanin (Saint Petersburg), Gennady Kirievsky (Magnitogorsk), Alexander Korobkov (Nizhny Tagil), Victor Pleskachevsky (Moscow) - the head of organizing commitee of the expedition, Serguey Bychkovsky (Yekaterinburg) - the doctor News from K2 West Face Russian team The team went up to Goro II today. There's the winter yet on the Baltoro Glacier. Members wearing all warm clothers which they have (to the contrast, they went in shorts two days ago). "It's difficult way for the sportsmen too, - said by sat phone Nickolay Totmjanin today - we hope that our porters will be able to reach the base camp. We have problems with porters every day - have to check the weight of the loads. The weather's very bad. Poor visibility, clouds, mist, but today Masherbrum was cleared for the moment, and some of us could see it. Our LO is great guy! He brings a lot of books with him to the BC! We've bought the yak, and he goes to BC with us - Iljas Tukhvatullin cares about him.
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