Mountain: Changabang
Route: Lightning Route on the North Face
Country: India
Height: 6864 meters
Dates of Expedition: May June, 1998
Overview of climb: With my Russian teammates, we pushed a difficult route up the center of the vertical North Face. Despite heated opinions on strategy, a synergy came together on Changabang that was unlike most others.
Team Members: Ivan Dusharin, Andrei Volkov, Andrei Mariev, Pasha Chabalin, Carlos Buhler
Lasting Impression:
Each of us underwent psychological hurdles to go beyond what we were initially prepared for. Over a period of 16 days on the wall, the five of us completed a dream route on one of the world's most beautiful and difficult peaks.
