Russian Extreme Project: the last news
Valery Rozov’s messages were delivered with the satellite phone provided by BASK:
4.07.04
Today, on july,4 the weather is depressing and the weather forecast for the following 2-3 days is unfourable. The route is getting not only more difficult but more dangerous. Just after sun appears - the ice and stones start falling. The sense as being under the bombardmen. The problem is that it's impossible to get another (safer) direction - there are "naked" wall on the right and on the left.
We set our hopes that upper the natural feature will be richer. For the moment we have done 9 and half pitches.
Yesterday Sereguin-Rozov lead. Dorfman and Lifanov were busy with food carry.
2.07.04
Hi, everybody!
We managed to make two pitches more today. We already work on the basic wall. The surface while allows to move upwards without bolting. In total we have got eight pitches made and a portaledge fixed at the fifth pitch that allows the advanced two-man team to spend the night already on the route not spending the time in the morning for approaching and ascending the route beginning.
We plan to make four pitches more and try to prepare a B.A.S.E.-jump right away from the portaledge as there aren't any ledges on the basic wall in principle. While the weather favors, we want to reach as high altitude as it is possible to do, and only then to haul all the gear and food.
Translation by www.mountain.ru 03.07.2004
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