{"id":2879,"date":"2022-03-04T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mount-everest3d.com\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:35:42","slug":"jost-kobusch-ends-his-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mount-everest3d.com\/de\/jost-kobusch-ends-his-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Jost Kobusch ends his expedition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the expedition is before the expedition<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Jost Kobusch has ended his winter-solo expedition on Mount Everest. He\u00a0spent 2.5 months on- and off the mountain, trying to reach the West Ridge and surpass his highpoint of February 2020 of almost 7.300 m. This time unfortunately he faced continous strong winds, which didn’t allow him to push any further than 6.464 m. Despite not being able to reach his goal of 8.000 m, Jost seemed to be in good spirits throughout the expedition, stating he is there to learn and gain experience, that would eventually allow him to successfully complete his ambitious project.<\/span><\/p>

Following his journey was exciting nevertheless and we won’t be surpriesed, if we see him back on the mountain next winter.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jost made a couple of interesting adaptions compared to his last attempt. One major change was setting up his BC close to Lobuche at the Pyramid International Laboratory at 5.050 m. This meant a greater distance to the mountain, roughly a day’s march away from the normal BC at the foot of the Khumbu Glacier. On the other hand, it but must have helped him deal some two of the biggest issues of winter-solo exeditions by providing warmth, comfort and company.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jost made a couple of interesting adaptions compared to his last attempt. One major change was setting up his BC close to Lobuche at the Pyramid International Laboratory at 5.050 m. This meant a greater distance to the mountain, roughly a day’s march away from the normal BC at the foot of the Khumbu Glacier. On the other hand, it but must have helped him deal some two of the biggest issues of winter-solo exeditions by providing warmth, comfort and company.<\/span><\/p>\n

He then set up an advanced BC close to the standard BC (which was obviously empty, Jost’s tent was the only one).<\/p>\n

A next major change was the route he chose up to Lho La pass. He chose a path left of his previous attempt and set up C1 left of the serac @ 5.713 m, sheltered by the surrounding vertical rock face. Later in the expedition, on February 22th, he was able to reach C1 in one single, 15 h-push from the pyramid, which allowed further optimizations of his initial routine. Consequently he was able to completely skip C2 on Lho La pass (6.000 m) which, due to its exposure, was particularily vunerable to the strong winds. By the end of January, his tent got destroyed in one of the windier nights forcing Jost to retreat back to BC.<\/p>\n

C3 was set up at around 6.464 m, half way up the West Ridge and sheltered from the threatening seracs by a smal rock belt. Jost reached C3 two times, at the beginning of January and by the end of February and spent multiple nights up there, waiting for a favourable weather window in order to push further up the mountain. Unfortunately that never occured and in between, the strong winds completely prevented any further action.<\/p>

He eventually retreated, collecting his broken tent at former C2 and safely got back to BC.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Interactive map: Live Tracking Winter 2022
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Jost Kobusch - second attempt on Everest West Ridge<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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