Edurne Pasaban and his Al Filo de lo Imposible team formed by Alex Txikon, Asier Izaguirre and Nacho Orviz have reached the last summit they had left to meet the challenge of climb the 14 highest peaks on the planet.
After many ups and downs and years after one of the most important challenges to date, she has achieved what Edurne has fought so hard for. The climber always knew that she would dedicate herself to this profession body and soul despite not receiving support from the world of mountaineering at the beginning of her career.
But suddenly everything changed, as she was becoming the Spaniard with the most eight-thousanders completed in addition to being one of the candidates to be the first woman to complete the fourteen eight-thousanders.
The last obstacle had to be overcome: the Shisha Pangma. One of the lowest peaks (8,027m) but not the easiest. Finally they have chosen to choose an alternative route and have opened a new diagonal between Iñaki Ochoa de Olza and the Austrian route, which took them directly to the final stretch of the ridge of the original route. In this way they have avoided losing the 150 meters of height that had them worried.
At 11:30 this morning, Nepalese time, Edurne thus fulfilled her dream of completing section by section the attack plan that she had planned for some time. The weather has accompanied them throughout the weekend, with a decrease in the strength of the wind and a sun that has made the route easier.
From the Base Camp the arrival of the team was reported: "it has been spectacular, very emotional, both above and below it is a sea of tears and hugs. Edurne, Asier, Nacho and Alez, they have all achieved it, what they did not Nothing surprises me because they are, by far, the best. My congratulations to a great team."
In statements by David Pérez, they were "a little worried about the appearance in the last hours of yesterday of a cold and intense wind, the night started well when they noticed that it was subsiding. However, at 1:00 a.m. the surprise: at that time some members of the other Spanish expedition arrived with cold problems. Without a moment's hesitation, our team welcomed them into their tents, which delayed the departure a little."
After four attempts, "the fifth time was the charm." After almost three weeks waiting for the weather to clear up, as the Snow and wind left no opportunity to attack the summit, Edurne has managed to be the first Spaniard to reach the fourteen eight-thousanders and be among a very select group of mountaineers who achieve it. The team is waiting to find out if the climber will be the first woman to achieve such a feat, since in recent weeks it has been questioned whether the Korean Oh Eun-Sun will reach Kangchenjunga.
The woman from Tolosa has already begun the descent to the Base Camp, thus taking advantage of the hours of light left on the mountain to be able to arrive today.
