Catalans for 'suicidal' Magic Line on K2
Jun 15, 2004 20: 36 EST
Published Jun 9, 2004 15: 44 EST
A Catalan expedition left June 3rd from Barcelona towards K2, to try and summit the mountain via the difficult "Magic Line". They arrived in Skardu yesterday, waylaid by the unrest near Chilas like everyone else.
The South West Pillar of K2, dubbed "The Magic Line" in a widely publicized pre-expedition tour. Reinhold Messner took one look at this route in 1979, called it "suicidal", and switched to the normal Abruzzi route. It was climbed in 1986 by a Polish team, and is still the hallmark of "suicidal" excellence, with exceptionally hard, steep sections of icy rock at very high altitudes.
The head of the expedition is Oscar Cadiach, who has done 5 expeditions to Everest, 2 of which reached the summit. Cadiach has climbed Nanga Parbat, and opened the route 'Free Tibet' on Cho Oyu and a new route on Broad Peak central. He has also climbed Shisha Pagma, Makalu and Lhotse.
Team members also include Manel de la Matta has climbed Cho Oyu and Shisha Pagma. Jordi Tosas descended Cho Oyu on a snowboard. Jordi Corominas has climbed Daulagiri alone. And Valentí Giró.
The expedition shares a permit with Juan Oiarzabal.
The image of Jordi Tosas descending Broad Peak on snowboard is courtesy of TVmountain.com
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