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| | The North Face - Nuptse Expedition Dispatches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | That would be us- the crazy brothers who have a little tent in the middle of nowhere, at the upper part of the Valley of the Silence, near the imposing flanks of the north spur of Nuptse. |
 | | In most other situations, this is not a problem, but our route starts at 20,000 ft. Instead of starting the climb with an alpine start, we decided that it would be best to fix the first 900 feet of the rather imposing face. |
 | | Yes, we summited a new route on Nuptse's main summit, by what we believe to be the first truly alpine ascent. |
| www.thenorthface.com /na/expeditions/dispatches-2003-nuptse.html (5368 words) |
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