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First Ascent of the North Face of Tengkampoche

We are pleased to share Ueli's latest news with you--Ueli and Simon have just completed a successful first ascent of the Tengkampoche North Face, a 6500 meter peak in Nepal's Khumbu Valley.

By Ueli Steck

Thengpo base camp - Friday, April 25, 2008

Yesterday morning, Thursday, April 24 at 7 am, Simon and I reached the summit of the 6500 meter high Tengkampoche peak in Khumbu Valley. Our first ascent through its north face was completed in the alpine style and we didn't use any bolts or any fixed ropes. We needed four days to go up and down. Already quite a few expeditions tried this route before us, without success.

Now we will pack and leave Thengpo base camp and go back to Lukla via Namche Bazar from where we will fly back to Kathmandu.

See you soon,

Ueli

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Comments (1)

Jo:

Brilliant effort Ueli and Simon! Will be following your adventure as it heads to Kathmandu, good luck.

Posted by Jo | April 28, 2008 12:59 AM

Posted on April 28, 2008 00:59

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