Dodo Kopold toped Shisha Pangma, his partner missing

smSlovak extreme mountaineer Dodo Kopold climbed the summit of Shisha Pangma (8013 m) via British route on April 24, 2007, But his climbing partner- Marek Hudak- has been missing since April 24, 2007.

Marek Hudak decided to return just before reaching the summit and started to descend on fix ropes. When Dodo Kopold came back to C2, Marek Hudak was not there and has been missing since.

Dodo Kopold wrote on the expedition web: "On my way down from the summit I stopped at our C2. It was buried under the snow. Marek wasn't there. I found his ice axe and one glove."

Dodo has been looking for him with help of members of a Korean expedition which are in the area.

The source in English and Slovak at: www.himalaya2007.expedition.sk


Shisha Pangma (by Swinelin, public domain, source wikipedia.com)

Lezec.cz   [edit] 18:22 27.04.2007

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