Whooaaa you guys are being spoiled now...another text from the team.....
"Sun came out briefly this pm, so we used the petrol stove to heat rocks and put a tarp over the top to make a sauna! Love the team x"
I feel the deepest pity for Holly for having to put up with the guy's pasty bodies.....
Hopefully next time I post something they will have acclimatised, and be ready for an attempt, or at least done some bouldering!!
Duncan
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Tom, Hamish and Luke atop the Petit Dru after climbing the North Face
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This summer Hamish Dunn, Luke Hunt and Tom Ripley will attempt the unclimbed NW Ridge of Tahu Ratum (6651m) in alpine style. This blog will be regularly updated throughout the build-up and during the expedition.
"An alpine style ascent of Tahu Ratum (6651m) is a particularly noteworthy and challenging objective, which will help raise the profile of British mountaineering." - Sir Chris Bonington - Expedition Patron.
The Team
Hamish Dunn - 21 - is a Nottingham University Engineering Student. He has spent the last year based Lyon, France. As he expected Hamish has got some fantastic skiing and alpine climbing done over the winter, including the North Face of the Droites, but he wasn’t expecting it to rain everyday in Lyon.
Luke Hunt - 21 - is a Manchester University Medical Student. He hails from the North Yorkshire Moors, which seems to have given him a pathological desire for loose cliffs, benightment and general epics. Luke counts the Peuterey Integrale as his finest route to date.
Tom Ripley - 20 - has spent the last year trying to be a student at Bangor University, but has found that going cragging is much more fun! He counts Orion Direct, Eliminate A and the Freney Pillar amongst his favorite climbs. Tom has no dress sense and will challenge anyone who does not think Gogarth is the best crag in the world!
Bangor University Student and keen adventurer Holly Mumford (21) will join the boys on the trek to base camp.
Bangor University Student and keen adventurer Holly Mumford (21) will join the boys on the trek to base camp.
Tom, Hamish and Luke atop the Petit Dru after climbing the North Face
A big thank you to the following orgainisations that have supported us financially.
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A big thanks to the following companies who have given or lent us gear and food.
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