The Assault on Machhapuchhre
The fishail peak of machhapuchhre is one of the most iconic
mountains of Nepal standing at 6993m (22,943ft).It is a sacred peak whose
summit is not to be violated. The said an attempt was made in 1957 by a small
expedition led by jimmy Roberts. On 24 April Base camp was set just inside the
sanctuary and from there they chose a route that would take them on to the
North Ridge by way of the ice flutings that from a distance looked like pleated
curtain. Before gaining the ridge, however one of the team members Roger
chorley was struck down with polio and was carried out to pokhara in the care
of Roberts, leaving just Noyce cox and wylie to continue the attempt with
support from their sherpas. Three camps above base the rock buttress which
carries the ridse south to the upper pyramid. From there they could make out
the sumnt obelisk but the intervening ground was obscured by a short knifeedged
ridge which fell steeply to the seti khola. But a glacial projectured the
upward route could be carried. Reaching the shelf was an epic in itself and
once there it was found to be a mountain freak as Noyce described it. It is
supported by nothing and one day will go crashing down into the seti fortunately
it held and camp v was pitched above a large crevasse at about 6400m (21oooft)
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