On the 19th of July at circa 12:00 local time British alpinists Sandy Allan and Rick Allen returned to Base Camp safe and sound after having reached the summit of Nanga Parbat on 15 July and after having completed the historic first traverse of the long Mazeno Ridge.
Sandy Allan and Rick Allen, the British mountaineers who have been climbing on Nanga Parbat for the last few weeks, have returned safe and sound to Base Camp after having reached the 8126m high summit on 15 July.
The news comes from South African alpinist Cathy O’Dowd who published the following message on her twitter account “On the 15th of July at 18:12h Rick and Sandy reached the summit! On the 19th of July they arrived safely back at Base Camp. Everyone safe and well!”
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Rick descending the Diamir Face, taken by Sandy/mazenoridge.com. Note how deep the snow is.
Respect. That is a monumental mission.
A historical epic indeed, well done to all involved. Nice to see a SA name in the mix
Fantastic ..epic ..well done guys!
Well done guys…epic!