himchuli
a trekking peak with mountaineering exprience
Moderate Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 8 km
- Ascent
- 2.4 km
- Descent
- 142 m
Alpine Climbing in South Annapurna
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Alpine Climbing Routes in South Annapurna
Annapurna Summit Day
Fortunately, summit day couldn't have had better conditions. There was no wind and blue skies (mostly). Had the weather been anything other than this it would have certainly changed the difficulty rating to extreme. That said, we were climbing into the Death Zone where there is a third of the oxygen than at sea level. Climbed through the night which is always cold and seems to go on forever but all was well! Then we had a long trek to the summit which we arrived at about 3pm. This is usually later than usual on an '8,000er' but we were held up by deep snow. All went well though despite the odds!
Severe Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Ascent
- 1.1 km
- Descent
- 8 m
Camp 3 to Camp 4
What I thought was going to be a short climb ended up being a bit of a slog!
Severe Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 656 m
- Ascent
- 427 m
- Descent
- 0 m
Camp 2 to Camp 3
The most arduous, dangerous and beautiful part of the climb.
Severe Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 2 km
- Ascent
- 960 m
- Descent
- 8 m
Camp 1 to Camp 2
Glacier Crossing
Moderate Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 1.9 km
- Ascent
- 452 m
- Descent
- 21 m
Annapurna Summit push!
After spending several weeks slowly acclimatising on the mountain, we are making our final push for the summit. Usually a trek to a higher altitude would be considered pretty strenuous but because we had acclimatised out bodies had adjusted and it was ok. A rather daunting send off, Annapurna has a fatal reputation.
Moderate Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 4.6 km
- Ascent
- 922 m
- Descent
- 53 m