Saturday, the pilot made it all the way to 1 hour short of BC. The expedition team has since been lugging 850 kg of gear to 4800 meters. "It is cold, extremely cold!" Simone reports, logging -32C/F on arrival at the base of the mountain. Screenshot of video at Moro's expedition website (click to enlarge).
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Makalu summit push was aborted this weekend. In Pakistan meanwhile, Simone reached BC at last. The Arctic winter quest continues, while the Denali winter attempt has been aborted. Everest is gearing up for 2008: Marc Batard will try a new speed record, and space engineer Boris Korshunov will join the senior age race - both from the Olympic north side. Makalu winter climb summit push A bad blizzard hit the climbers early last week, draining batteries and tearing the expedition tents. "I've never seen so fast moving clouds...
