Our Friday Night Video this week takes us to Annapurna One (8091m) with a team of four friends. Their original objective was a new route on the largely unexplored North Face of Cho Oyu (8201m), but unfortunately they weren't allowed to cross the Tibetan border. Their attention shifted to a new acclimatisation peak and the main objective of the Annapurna One...
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Great little video!
Enjoyed. The "team of four friends" bit from the introduction shouldn't be read as 'puntery camaraderie in the mountains' for anyone harbouring visions of emulation. All three people on Annapurna I are nails-hard, cutting-edge high-altitude Himalayan climbers. See: https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2018/07/adam_bielecki_and_felix_berg_make_first_ascent_of_gasherbrum_ii_west_face-71650, and Rick Allen of Nanga Parbat Mazeno Ridge 2013 Piolet D'Or fame.
Nice video. And the abseil off the knot was interesting!
Not short on cash are they! Can't imagine a last minute helicopter ride from Jomsom to Annapurna basecamp is particularly cheap!