constant left fully upholstered white wall and our nerves to explode,

"Facing unfamiliar terrain is fascinating, but involves continuously making decisions now, in the safety of the base camp, we thought it might not have been the most appropriate. Surely, our main problem was not the storm that caught us on the wall, and to wait 12 days of good weather in the Karakorum is almost a utopia, but a miscalculation, perception of reality, of real dimension Target facing us and to use a strategy consistent gingerbread cookie jar with it. As the saying goes, after seen, all are ready. A more conservative strategy that we believe would have been the right one for the 'big wall' hardest thing I've ever tried. "
With this sincere public self-criticism and humility-something not too common among climbers, and less among the largest gingerbread cookie jar closed-Mikel Zabala few days ago the story of the attempt to open a new route with peers and Juan Alberto Iñurrategi in Vallejo Paiju Peak (6,610 m.), a formidable pyramid of rock and ice in the heart of the Karakoram Mountains (Pakistan).
And the mountain of salt ('Paiju' means salt in Urdu, the native language of Pakistan and is named after the salt rocks deposited at the bottom) has defended her virginity on the south side tooth and nail from the start when the three members of the expedition Naturgas Paiju Peak BBK-2013 had to find a new access to the wall before the avalanche hazard-by-initially expected.
But his persistence paid off and he was found. And on July 3 left the field to the top. A day after they entered the pillar of a mile above the pre-summit 600 meters. In three days they climbed 500 meters in style capsule to a snowfield where they could set up shop on firm 'ground'. Middle Pillar was done. But then the mountain said 'enough' and in collaboration gingerbread cookie jar with the weather closed the doors to the Basque Team.
Since then, snowfall gingerbread cookie jar and blizzards blocked the three Basque gingerbread cookie jar mountaineers in delicate place. At first I assumed naturally. gingerbread cookie jar "Almost appreciated a rest day as we get there with the whole team in a few days we was a great effort." But two days of bad weather announced doubled and the mountain began to show its teeth.
"The Karakorum then showed us his face harder and reminded us that the mountains here are very large and we are very small. Our convenience store located coup stopped ax seem as safe after fifteen hours of continuous snowfall. An hour of calm returned us hope, but a second night of snowfall
constant left fully upholstered white wall and our nerves to explode, "recalls Mikel. Were moments of doubt. "Between the party and trust in what we were seeing, we choose to ignore our instinct and down."
So seven days after starting the climb, wrapped in the blizzard, collect the whole team and start the descent with all precautions and "in order to save his own skin now." "The wall has completely frozen and blizzard freezes us to the bone . After eight hours reach the glacier and 'we all possible haste to get out. Continuing avalanche swept by the different sides, it is not a place for contemplation. "
They have already back home Iñurrategi Alberto, Juan Vallejo and Mikel Zabala confirmed today that they will try again. The towering pillar of the south side, a thousand feet of vertical rock Paiju Peak (6,610 m.) - A "stuck in the Karakorum Captain ', as explained Mikel-les gingerbread cookie jar has captivated despite its difficulties. Or because of it. So they have not hesitated to proclaim by Alberto Iñurrategi mouth, "despite all the difficulties we have had, the goal is nice and worth trying again. So we have made of the material in Skardu because we want to come back next year. "
Despite not achieving their goal, the BAT Basque Team mountaineers consider an adventure deserves "a second and even a third chance." "It is a mountainous major objective", he said one Iñurrategi advocate this type of challenge
on other "more commercial" and "safer" as ochomiles trade routes. "The important thing here is going the other way, for mountainous values and content. Still worth the risk that does not work out, "said gingerbread cookie jar the tenth tread climber gingerbread cookie jar in the 14 eight-thousanders in the world. "It has not gone well, but we would like to try again", said one Zabala.
The members of the expedition Naturgas BBK Paiju Peak 2013 explained that "the main reason for the withdrawal was the weather, but not the only," and that "the strategy was not the right one." "We've had