Nanga Parbat Base Camp, -16°C, still snowing
The weather is still very bad, the boys are still at basecamp and the prolonged bad weather condition is creating a lot of anxiety to make a move or not despite the conditions. This mornings’ update from Simone at basecamp explains some of this further in his words:
“If Karl Gabl doesn’t put on the green light, it’s useless to try. I learned this lesson a long time ago but this time it refreshed my memory. Denis after all the bad news yesterday wanted to try a flash attempt, leaving this morning and summiting in 3 days regardless of the bad weather forecast for the days after. I called Gabl and asked him what he thought. The answer was clear: it would not have been a good idea and the forecast was terrible. I told Denis Gabl’s answer, saying I trusted him and that we were not going anywhere. He was awake at 5,30 this morning, because he wanted to wake me up to leave. I heard his tent’s zipper open, then he muttered a few curses. The zipper closed and he went back to his sleeping bag.
There’s nothing we can do about it: Gabl is the Messner of Meteorology.
Apparently the weather forecast is bad for at least a week, maybe more… and time goes by..
Oh well.. we came a long way to do this, and now we better stick to it. We have 47 days left before going back to Nepal. One day my body is gonna want some payback.”
Story: Simone Moro/ Denis Urubko
Photos: Matteo Zanga