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Season ‘26 was a blast!

-Tour de Périades on MontBlanc
-Urner Route
-Piz Palu
-Dom de Mischabel (4545m)
-Corvatsch couloir
-Alphubel (4206m)
-Gross Grünhorn (4043m)

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This weekend 4 former students that did our July intensive course flew off from 4000m summits in the alps. Bas and Jana flew off Mont Blanc, Alexis flew from the Mönch and Maxx took off from Allalinhorn. Live your dreams now. Congrats guys! #speedflyingschool

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Last Saturday I climbed the Lyskamm with @_basmulder , completing the 82 4000m peaks of the alps. In the past few days I have been asked a few times how it felt to reach the last summit. Those who know me were not surprised to hear that there wasn't any big spontaneous emotional reaction (that's simply not me). However, having rounded up this project does give a sense of quiet fulfillment and relief. There is an inherent risk in climbing a large volume of such "classic" alpine routes, and I am grateful to not have had any serious accident while doing so.

Looking back, what sticks with me most is all the good friends and climbing partners I have been lucky enough to team up with. To me, alpinism is first and foremost a team sport, which leads to valuable friendships. A big thanks to everyone I've shared a rope with ❤️

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Over the past years I've been keeping an eye on the conditions at the aguille du Jardin. It's one of those mountains where everything has to line up: a passable rimaye, enough snow but not too much, and cold temperatures for the descent. Yesterday I was lucky enough to head up there with @_basmulder via the col Armand Chalet.

We arrived at the Couvercle winter room on Friday, being the only ones. Leaving the hut around 00.00, we found perfect neve for a large part of the couloir. This changed when we reached the ridge, where we had to find a way through variable snow up to the Jardin. Reaching the Whymper around ~09.45, we decided to wait at the top until temperatures dropped again. "Luckily" the afternoon brought a white-out, facilitating an afternoon descent with no rock and ice fall. In classic Chamonix-style, we arrived at 7pm at the hut to find it completely slammed with other climbers. After scurrying our stuff together, we headed down to Chamonix. Given that the train is closed for maintenace, we took the via ferrata up to Montenvers before walking down. Suffice to say this walk was pretty memorable. Around 02.15 we were back in Chamonix, and after a pit-stop at the McDonald's we were right on time for Bas for the first train back to Zürich from Lausanne!

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Throwback to volunteering in Antalya and hiking the lycian Way Türkiye, I miss this country and all the amazing people I met there! I will definitely come back!

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Send it, send it, send it

🤴: @bas.mulder_
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West Nepal 3/4: Climbs & Problems

After some days rest, Bas and I headed back up to the high camp. We brought our technical gear and had our eyes set on an attractive couloir on the unclimbed P. 6119. The next day, we started at first light and quickly reached the foot of the face. What followed was hard work on steep and powdery snow. We managed to plough our way up, and were elated to reach the summit in the afternoon. Just before dark, we were back at camp.

In the evening, Bas noticed that his finger had turned purple. Unfortunately, the next morning we saw that it had deteriorated and a large blister had formed. We went to base camp, where we used the sat phone to contact a doctor. Following his advice, we called the helicopter and the same afternoon Bas was evacuated. We were happy the rescue was organised this quickly, but also worried for Bas. Luckily, it later turned out that Bas can keep his finger and should make a good recovery.

The next day, I went back up to high camp where I met Diogo and Florian. As they were going to attempt the line that Bas and I opened on P. 6119, I was left to make a plan for myself. In the end, I decided to link up the traverse of the Angsi Dong Dong and the Ganglung Kangri 1 & 2. These were both tracked by Florian and Diogo, which made it a lot faster and safer on the glacier. It was a nice experience to move alone in the mountains, isolated with just my thoughts.

Unfortunately, Florian and Diogo had to turn around on their attempt as it was too cold. The next day, we went back to base camp with heavy backpacks for some well-earned rest and good food.

Pictures are from the route on P. 6119, in the next post pictures from the Angsi Dong Dong and Ganglung Kangri traverse will be shown.

@_nkbv

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West Nepal 2/4: acclimatization

During the last 2 days of the trek, I was suffering due to the altitude. Fortunately, this improved quickly and I was able to start carrying loads to set up our high camp on the glacier. We accessed the Angsi glacier via a col on the border of Tibet. The glacier is mellow and not difficult to navigate, making the approach quite comfortable. However, finding a sheltered spot for the tents proved to be difficult. The wind sweeps through most of the glacier, and our chosen spot did not escape it.

On October 7 we set off for an attempt at the NW ridge of P. 6013, to our knowledge previously unclimbed. The route was technically not difficult and hence a good acclimatization peak. In the upper part, we were all breathing heavily and feeling the altitude. Nevertheless, the views from the summit ridge were great, providing a full 360 degree view of the region.

On the way back, we spotted our small tent being flipped upside down by the wind. Next, we saw both our sleeping mats doing aerial acrobatics across the glacier, this is a view I won't forget quickly... With 1 broken tent pole and no sleeping mats, Bas and I decided that descending to base camp was the sensible choice. Florian and Diogo made a nice first ascent of the S ridge of the Ganglung Kangri 1 the next day.

We were now all quite well acclimatized, and had scouted potential climbs in the area!

@_nkbv

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West Nepal 1/4: For the past 6 weeks I have been on a climbing trip to west Nepal with 3 friends. I have been amazed by the friendly people, the culture and the mountains. In 4 chronological posts I will share a bit about the expedition.

In Kathmandu, we had around 1.5 days to do groceries and arrange the permit at the ministry of tourism. Sufficient time, although we could have spent an entire afternoon admiring the local products in the supermarket!

We started the trek by walking from Simikot to Dojam, the last village in the valley. The second day brought consistent rain, soaking a fair amount of our luggage. Fortunately, the weather was good for the remainder of the approach. After 6 days, a comfortable base camp was established at 5040m (📸10)

(One member, Diogo, is missing from the group picture as he joined us 2 days later)

This expedition was supported by the @_nkbv , for which we are very grateful!

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Bas climbing in the Ober Gabelhorn north face some weeks ago 🏔️

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Two weeks ago, @_basmulder and I managed to use what was likely the last opportunity this season to climb the Ober Gabelhorn north face. Less than ideal conditions meant that in the end the route took us 19 hours from our bivy to Zermatt, a total distance of over 21km, 1600m ascent and 3000m made in descent. This tour required quite some commitment and endurance from us, both physically and mentally. In the end, it was only through the combined effort of our determination that we pulled this thing off. You can read about it on the latest blog on my website. Link in bio.

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lekker koffietje

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