Storms high on big mountains: Aoraki, Siula Grande and Everest
40 min
You will probably never stand on the summit ridge of a high glaciated mountain in a storm. Most people who take this course never will. These three cases are here anyway, because what happened on them is the same problem you meet on a British hill, magnified: weather that pins you down, a companion who cannot move, a goal that pulls you past your turnaround time, and decisions that have…
In this lesson
Aoraki / Mount Cook, 1982: thirteen days in an ice cave
What happened
The decisions
What the land offered
What we can learn
Siula Grande, 1985: the rope
Everest, 1996: the storm on summit day
The three cases together
Check yourself
Key points
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