Dhaulagiri Summited 5/14/2004

The following 2 Members of "Spanish Dhaulagiri Expedition 2004" Mountaineering Team have succeeded to climb 8167 meter high Mt. Dhaulagiri on 14th  May 2004 at 04.00 P.M.

Name of Summiteers

1.      Mr. Xavier Arias Sune (34 yrs), Technical Electrical, Barcelona, Spain.

2.      Mr. Victor Hugo Herrera (39 yrs), Mountain Guide, Hendoza, Argentina.

Twelve members "Spanish Dhaulagiri Expedition 2004" was permitted to climb 8167 meter high Mt. Dhaulagiri from North East Ridge for the period of seventy-five days from 10th April 2004 under the leadership of Mr. Jose Antonio Pujante Contesa, Barcelona, Spain.

This Expedition team is organized by Thamserku Trekking P. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal.

Our Earlier report

Yes!  They did it today.  Here is the report:

Friday 05/14/04 Joaquín informs from Base:

Víctor and Xavi made it to the Summit!!!!!!!!!!!!

Under adverse weather conditions they could step on the so coveted summit of Dhaulagiri.

The met Damian at 7,400 to return to Base Camp. We are all waiting for their return to Celebrate.

Thursday 05/13/04 

Joaquín informs from Base: Horacio, Mijel, Fabián and the Sherpa quit their climb to the summit and go down to Base Camp with Agustín. 

Víctor, Damián and Xavi and another Sherpa meet in Camp 3 and start the attack to the summit at 18:00 Hrs, Argentina time (3:00 AM Katmandu)

Translated from Spanish by Jorge Rivera

Members of the expedition:

Damián Redmond, 36 years old, chief of the expedition

Victor Hugo Herrera, 38

Miguel Lofti, 33

Horacio Cunietti, 37

Fabián Iribas, 39

Alfredo E. Magnani, 73, honorary chief at home

They arrived to their Base Camp (4650 m.) on April 15, via Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Katmandu, Pokhara and Jomson.

They joined a Basque and a Catalan expedition there. There is also a Slovenian expedition and they report that Alan Hinkes, British, who has 12 of 14 eight-thousand meter peaks, will climb to join them soon.  They had their Puja on the 18th and began installing the fixed lines the next day.  They had bad weather for several days and they were concerned that the mountain is different from what they had seen in pictures, so they didn't know if the lines they had were going to be enough.  By May 3 they had gone as far as Camp 3, but the bad weather made them climb down.  

On May 6 they report they made two teams:

Argentinean team: Horacio Cunietti, Víctor Herrera, Miguel Lotfi and Fabián Iribas.

Mixed team: Damián Redmond, Xavi Arias, Agustí Torrents

 

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