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The climbers said they were very happy after reducing by almost half the long march of approach that had initially planned for 11 or 12 days.
Manifest thoroughly but found himself upset the process of acclimatization to altitude.
Not surprisingly, the Makalu Base Cambo is the highest of which are set to climb all 14 eight thousand of the earth.
So far they have recorded temperatures of 16 degrees below zero.
The weather has been adverse to them, suffering every afternoon electrical storms with rain, hail and snow, which made them very patient the approach march.
The approach to the mountain began with a flight in a plane MALL 18 people from Kathmandu to Tumlingtar where it landed at a tiny airfield land without acrobatically facilities that have been stolen from the mountain.
The Murcia were lucky, despite the complications due to the lack of visibility on the flight, as other groups to other mountain flights were canceled on several occasions.
The journey on foot to the mountain passes through one of the wildest and most inhospitable areas of Nepal, occupied by Barun National Park, full of nature reserves rising from 500 to 8463 meters of Mount Makalu, going from a tropical climate and high mountain jungle to the extreme.
This exceptional home to 300 species altitudinal range of flora identified, among which 25 of the 30 types of rhododendrons of those in Nepal.
Among the fauna of the Himalayan bear, snow leopard, red panda and over 400 species of birds.
Human communities that inhabit the lower valleys suspended live in villages of the mountains without electricity or communication networks.
They are from different ethnic groups among which Rai, Sherpa and Bhotia, living on a subsistence agriculture and livestock.
The Murcia hired 23 Sherpa porters of race that have helped to transport the material to the base camp.
The total weight to carry the expedition is about 500 kg.
Mountaineers recount the progress of approach has been very hard, as they have been through forested areas with high heat and constant link to change up and down the valley and continue to rise by several high mountain passes where snow and storms endured.
Physical exertion has been intense because of the slow acclimatization to the altitude up to the 5700 m.
Fortunately, the whole team has arrived in perfect condition, thanks to have linked several days, accumulating vast distances and slopes, have managed to place at Base Camp in fewer days than planned and in fairly good physical conditions, but need some days off to recover and consolidate the process of acclimatization.
"The view from Makalu base camp is impressive, the mountain seems to falls upon us.
Actually this is a challenge that will be difficult to achieve. "
Source: Club Montañero de Murcia
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