Avalanche of ice blocks on the Spanish in the C3
About to get to C3. Photo: Carlos Pauper
It seems that the Annapurna wanted to show this weekend the best and
worst of
himself. After allowing Endure Piassaba, Joao Garcia and members of The
Edge of
the impossible to reach its peak, has been ready to bring misery a
little
further down in the 6,500 m of C3.
Pauper and
Javier Perez, Juanita Oiarzabal and Tool Caliphate, Martin and Jorge
Ramos
Egocheaga and Xavier Arias and Luis Refolds faced together the final
leg of
the acclimatization and went together to the C3 to spend the night
there.
According to his subsequent reflections, none of them was entirely
convinced
the location of this camp on a platform of a hanging glacier.
eight
Spanish climbers reached this point, one of the greatest fears of the
ascent
of Annapurna became a reality. "We were inside the tent, installed and
prepared water for hydration," says Xavier Arias, "when suddenly we
heard a
noise avalanche like many others who can be heard during the day. But
each
time I listened closer, until it is transformed into blocks of ice the
size of
washing machines that are beginning to pass over our heads, mixed with
snow
and stones. "
 The avalanche zone. Photo: Carlos Pauper |
Carlos Pauper lose the cap and the Catalans, the store
"Suddenly, a terrifying crash
is upon us," says Carlos Pauper, who continues: "I raise my eyes and I see an
avalanche of blocks of ice that falls as a meteor shower. Elusive first, he
would tear the cap of the head and throw me to the ground, as do my colleagues.
"
inside his shop, he could not avoid what they saw: "We felt a blow after
another, in the head, back … a few seconds that seem endless." A dead
silence followed the last block and the question "are you all right?" Came out
of a throat still scared.
 Xavier Arias, recognized by physicians. Photo: Col. X. Arias |
All unhurt, a miracle
All were more or less well.
Xavier Arias and Luis Refolds, no shop, immediately started the path of C2 and
CB while the rest of the camp relocated a few feet below the shelter of a large
sera to spend the night.
recognized at Base Camp to Xavier, who has bruises and bumps all over my body,
especially in the back. You need two or three days to recover before returning
to the mountain.
after spending the night in C3. All are by the end of the acclimatization and
the next time you go will go rising fields, installing Camp 4 and from there
jump to the summit. Will the next window of good weather.
 Endure, at the top. Photo: RAVE – The Edge of the Impossible |
Endure and his base camp dismantled
Meanwhile, Endure passed,
along with the rest of the climbers from the edge of the impossible that they
did summit on Saturday, also is safe in Base Camp. Mild discomfort at the
hearing were resolved during the descent from the top. A crest, in addition to
making it the second woman with 13 eight thousand, making it the seventh woman
and the first Spanish woman to climb Annapurna.
Base Camp in a couple of days and fly to Katmandu, probably on Wednesday. At
least there will enjoy a day of rest before returning to start, this time to
Tibet to jump into the last of his fourteen eight thousand, the Shish Panama.
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