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A Happy Ascent of Satopanth 7075m Summary: In September 2016, a small group of climbers from India and Germany climbed Satopanth (7075m) and an unnamed 6008m peak by the traditional routes in semi alpine style and without using any fixed rope on its famous north-east ridge-north face route.  Text and Photos: Anindya Mukherjee Satopanth from Sundar Bamak, photo: Anindya Mukherjee ~~~~~~~~ The happy climber, like the aged Ulysses, is one who has “drunk delight of battle with his peers”, and this delight is only attainable by assaulting cliffs which tax to their utmost limits of the powers of the mountaineers engaged. This struggle involves the same risk, whether early climbers attacked what we now call easy rock, or whether we moderns attack formidable rock, or whether the ideal climber of the future assaults cliffs which we now regard as hopelessly inaccessible. -A.F.Mummery [1] ~~~~~~~~ Snow coated the mountain range and one mountain in particular. All of...

It took me more than a year to realize that I have not posted anything in my blog since Jan 2, 2016! Really? No posts, no updates, no reports whatsoever. It was such an active year! An year full of climbs, explorations and adventure. Yet, what was I thinking? Facebook of course. I was busy posting almost daily updates on that monstrous social network and getting sucked up in the process. Now, finally I have been able to ( at least I would like to think that I have) distance myself from Facebook a bit. It is now time for me to write down in brief about the things that happened in my life in 2016 ( as if that matters to someone). The first big adventure of 2016 for me was climbing the north face of Batian (Mt Kenya). Together with my good friend Martin Boner we gave big Batian a try. Here is a photo of the North face of Batian from near Shipton's Camp. We followed the standard route. Chris, our Kenyan friend also joined us in the climb at the last moment. Thus it was a party of 3 a...

We are going to organize an expedition to Mount Satopanth (7075m), Garhwal Himalaya,India in 2016. Duration: 28 August, 2016 to 27 September, 2016. This will be our second expedition to Mount Satopanth after 2011. We have led and climbed other major peaks in the Gangotri glacier complex with safety and success in the recent past. They include Shivling, Janhukot, Srikailash, Bhagirathi, Thelu, Koteswar. It will not be entirely out of context if I mention that, we have been on other peaks of Indian Himalaya, such as Kamet, Trisul, and Nanda Devi East as well; just to  make a point that we know what we are doing. See link for a brief report on our success on Nanda Devi East: https://www.himalayanclub.org/news/nanda-devi-east-expedition-2014/ In Satopanth 2016, we offer base camp support only services. Full climbing support can be extended on request and terms and conditions will apply. Drop us an email for costs, info and joining instructions. Email to: adventuremania@...