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Kiwis climb new route on Koh-e-Baba-Tangi, Afghanistan.

Posted by Kester on 17 August 2011 - 11:45am

Christine Byrch and Pat Deavoll summitted Koh-e-Baba-Tangi (6515m) in the Wakhan Corridor (Afgahnistan) on the 9th August. Five days to the summit with some good steep ice, then 2 days to decend the West Ridge (line of the original 1963 ascent). Theirs is only the second climb of the mountain, done via a new route up the N'NW ridge. 

From Pat: 'Took a lot out of us...but we are very pleased. The Wakhan is a beautiful remote area unlike anywhere ive been.

Now back in Khorog, Tajikistan, on our way home.'

 


17 August 2011 - 5:22pm
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craigm
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great achievement but a bit light on who the climbers are!

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17 August 2011 - 6:40pm
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oh yeah .. sorry! was posted in haste

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26 August 2011 - 2:05am
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such a Stunning achievement. I can't think of anything that would even come close.

Shutchoassup biarch njus climb ehbro ?

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