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mosque there which serves as lodging and in the summer as<br />
the starting point for tPants trying for the summit. Due to<br />
the snow storm the day before, the drive <strong>en</strong>ds after 200 m<br />
and we must make the other 1800 m under our own power.<br />
The weather unfolds exactly as forecasted and we reach the<br />
hut that afternoon in brilliant sunshine. So indescribably<br />
beautiful is the view, so homely and repellant appears the<br />
hut. Several years ago, for the unimaginable sum of 1.2<br />
million dollars, the place was re-built and they got everything<br />
wrong that could possibly be wrong about an alpine<br />
hut. We’re talking about a damp, ice cold refrigerator here<br />
with 4 meter high rooms that have no ambi<strong>en</strong>ce or coziness<br />
whatsoever. That ev<strong>en</strong>ing we deliberate on how to proceed.<br />
We’re actually supposed to do a small tour to 5000 m the<br />
next day and the summit on the day after. Because the weather<br />
forecast is only good for tomorrow, we decide on an<br />
early summit attempt.<br />
After a fretful night we start out in the dark at 530. Due<br />
to the snow conditions and the elevation, we progress very<br />
slowly. It takes us 3 hours to go the first 450 m. The breakable<br />
wind crust makes us continuously search for a way<br />
through the rock outcroppings. We avoid the op<strong>en</strong> slopes<br />
because of avalanche danger. With the sunrise, our confi-<br />
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