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  • Kande Hiunchuli Expedition 2010

In 2010 Mark Adams and I returned to Nepal and another attempt to climb Kande Hiunchul South. Initially we were accompanied by our friend Da Gombu Sherpa, who had been on both of the previous expeditions. Unfortunately Gombu was ill and had to leave us at Nepalganj, leaving Pasang Sherpa as our sirdar. Gombu had a deadly cancer and died within a year of this trip. He was a great man and had achieved an astonishing amount in his life. He really deserves a complete article to himself.

We had great difficulty climbing the Chaudabise Gorge as a very heavy monsoon had washed away the bridges. We climbed the side of the gorge and over two days reached the upper end of the valley. On a reconnaissance from the moraine camp, Pasang and Amrit saw that the ridge we were hoping to climb was in such a dangerous state that we could go no further. We retreated.

Thamel signs

Nepalganj cow

Jumla

Amrit, Pasang

Klee crops Jumla

Camp, Talphi

Porters in Talphi

Porters on a bridge

Visitor at break time

Climbing pine

Pine log ladder

Watching the escape

The escape 3

Escape cleft

The escape

Escaping

Kande Hiunchuli

Towards Changda Khola

GK crossing stream

Base camp

Towards moraine camp.

Moraine camp with KH.

Pasang and Amrit

Conference

Descent in retreat

GK on return trek

Alpine scenery, Chaudabise Khola