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AlpenNoordwand-direct (Zwitserland)

Grosshorn, N-wand-direct (Zwitserland)

1 december 19911 min read

Grosshorn, N-wand-directdec 1991

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Due to the question K2: Are Purja’s plans to paraglide from the summit too risky? (published on the website of explorersweb, https://explorersweb.com/2021/01/13/k2-are-purjas-plans-to-paraglide-from-the-summit-too-risky/)

Here's my answer:

I tried in 2002 and 2004 to fly from the summit of Mount Everest, after I climbed the mountain without bottled oxygen. According to loose your tent and paraglider I had the same experience as Nirmal Purja. My camp 3 on the mountain was blown away too. In my case a special made lightweight paraglider (brand: Ozone) was blown away in camp 3 on Mount Everest in 2004. The tent with the paraglider of Purja was blown away in camp 2 on K2.

((My second attempt to fly was 2 years later on Everest in 2004. But during this summit attempt (again without O2) the weather predictions were correct according to the wind speed but there were too many clouds so I could not fly. But I was happy to finally summit without O2))

In 2002 i was literally crying because i had the feeling i lost everything when i realized everything was gone, the tent, sleep-in bags, gloves, burner, gas, food, ropes and my brand new paraglider….. but most of all my dream.

That's why I respect Nirmal Purja so much because I know how hard it is to recover mentally. And he did!

In the article of explorersweb the author doubts the risks Nirmal Purja took. But when i climbed the K2 in 2008 the expedition changed from triumph (the summit without O2) to tragedy (10 climbers were killed on the descent). The descent witnessed one of the worst tragedies in climbing history. I was very lucky to survive after being missed 3 days in the death zone. The consequence was severe frostbite, I lost 9 toes.

The weather during the climb was perfect! No wind, clear blue sky .... can you imagine if i would have the guts to fly from K2 in 2008. I'm pretty sure I would have landed after a 10 minutes flight on the glacier in the basecamp with all my toes!

I had thought about the idea of flying K2 in 2008, but I thought like the author of explorersweb: it would be too dangerous. You will understand that I thought differently after my survival of K2 and still think today!

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