Hinkes At Base Camp
British 8,000 meter man Alan Hinkes has successfully reached Dhaulagiri base camp, but further progress is being hampered by heavy snow.
Posted: 26 April 2004
by Jon
It's mostly quiet on the Alan Hinkes front. What we can tell you
right now is that despite being inconvenienced by a Maoist general
strike in Kathmandu, Alan successfully departed for base camp, which
he reached on 22 April.
Unfortunately heavy snowfall has prevented him from starting
climbing and building acclimatisation by moving gradually higher up
the mountain. More news when we have it.
Alan is aiming to become the first Brit' to scale all 14 of the
world's 8,000 meter peaks and has just two left to summit. He's
sponsored by Berghaus and you can find more about him on their
web site and from
the previous OM articles listed below including and in depth
interview.
More Challenge 8000 news as soon as we have it.
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