Photo.
Mikjel Thorsrud (22) from Norway didn`t give up
easy.
Mikjel`s shape was quite good on his attempt, but the broken
ribbon because of cough and pain in the chest became
worse.
Mikjel`s biggest obstacle was
breaking through over half a metre snow on the slopes by the top plateau. It made it so difficult
for him that he was forced to turn.
Then
he descended to Camp 2 where he experienced the hardest weather so far on the tour. It
was a storm outside, he says, and he admitted that it was
not comfortable to walk solo on 7100 metres height with one cubic
snow in the front tent.
Mikjel has
learned many things during the tour. This is actual more important than the top
itself, he says. It will not be the last time for him
climbing over 8000 metres.
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Photo.
Christian, one of Mikjel`s team members, on his way up Cho Oyu.
The Norwegian expedition is called "Shishapangma Ekspedisjonen 2004".
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Four French
tried to reach the top at the same time as Mikjel, but had to give up due to the
snow problems too.
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Photo. Cho Oyu.
Hard facts: Elevation: 26,906 feet (8,201 metres). Location
Khumbu - Himalaya - Nepal/ Tibet. |
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We in Travel Explorations are glad that
everything went fine, and that Mikjel didn't take any unnecessary risks to reach
the summit. He will get chances to conquer other summits later.
Stein Morten
Lund, 12 October
2004
Additional
information
The photos in this article are from the Norwegian expedition`s
website - www.himalaya.no.
Read more about the expedition on their website www.himalaya.no.
Read about the crazy Norwegians who descended Cho Oyo on ski recently on our
website.
Information in norwegian:
Den Norske Cho Oyu - Shishapangma
Ekspedisjonen 2004 er en ekspedisjon med 5 glade gutter fra Norge som skal opp
på to høye fjell i Himalaya. Via et trekkingbyrå i Katmandu (Nepal) blir alle
tillatelser ordnet og de siste innkjøp blir gjort. De transporterer oss så til
Tibet der vi begynner akklimatiseringen og klatringen.
Klikk på linken for mer informasjon om denne ekspedisjonen: www.himalaya.no.
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