The guys repeated the Messner route on the Rupal Face - and came down the normal route to Gnaro's BC. That's where Silvio shot this image of Mr Lee. Photo courtesy of Silvio Mondinelli.
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Summits at last. Silvio Mondinelli reported over sat phone this morning to Idel that the 2 Korean climbers, Lee Hylin, 34, and Kim Chang, 39 made a traverse of Nanga Parbat! In fact, the guys repeated the Messner route on the Rupal Face - and came down to Gnaro's BC. That's where Silvio shot this image of Mr Lee. (The other 2 climbers stopped at camp 4 to rest). 9 on the normal route, 14 totalIn addition, the other 6 Japanese climbers, the French girl, Sandrine de Choudens, her boyfriend Spaniard Jorge Egocheaga, and another...
First Manaslu and Cho Oyu teams ready to summit - updated
