Annapurna I

Day 20 Deurali - ABC (4130m)

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June 1st 2010
I am writing this from Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) the very place Chris Bonnington's succesful 1970 expedition to the South Face of Annapurna was sited. The rain is beating down outside although we can now at least see out of the window, the 'whiteout' seems to have passed. The relatively easy climb from Deurali via Machapuchare (MBC) base camps took me about 5 hours. The views early this morni ... read more

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