Simone Moro: The motivation to reach the summit of Broad peak is still very high.
News from 08.02.2007
Training up to 6000 m
This is what Shaheen and I did yesterday. After 6 days in base camp we decided to make training and climb up to 6000 meters in a few clouds day.
We carried food and personal equipment to use during the summit push.
We also phoned to Karl Gabl (our forecast man) and he advice us to come back in Base camp because today (and it is happen) there is a windy day and tomorrow will come back the bad weather for the next 3-4 days.
So we decided to wait the good window of perfect weather with low wind to realize our summit push. We trust in Karl and we don’t want to take stupid extra risk...
News from 09.02.2007
Patience
Also this morning is cloudy and it means another day in Base Camp. I phoned to my friend to request an updated weather forecast…. For the next 5 days will be cloudy….
So I took the camera and I did some shots with K2 in the clouds and arrange the short video where I explained how it works the helmet- microcamera I used to take videos in the previous days
News from 10.02.2007
Try to guess? Also today is cloudy and we can see only C2 on Broad Peak. The upper part is completely covered and cloudy. As the weather forecast predict same conditions for the next days I decide that tomorrow we will climb till C2 to get training and be fit, ready for the future summit push. We also will control the fix rope we left I the steepest sections.
Sooner or later the good weather will come.
News from 11.02.2007
Another days waiting Last night we had snowfall but thanks God only few centimeter.
Despitee the long time we are waiting in Base Camp for the good weather and also despite the 2 manth already gone since my departure from Italy, we are in good mood and we have funny moments here.
The motivation to reach the summit of Broad peak is still very high.