Most Hardcore Epic ever?

[Dru]

 

epic!

[bird]

Someday I might share the story of the Bird/Norsky Half-Dome epic. A year and a half later it is still too painful to talk about.

[Ryan]

The Twight epic on Nanga Parbat involved the four team members being forced off of the face by an incoming storm and spindrift avalanches...at one of the rappels, all four of the climbers were clipped into a sling girth hitched to a Snarg when they got hit by a massive avalanche...miraculously, the Snarg held, and they continued downward. Later, due to miscommunication between Barry and Kevin, they ended up losing the two ropes they had. They then ran out of food, lost a tent, and had to rely on fixed lines to keep heading downward. At around 22,000 feet, the team found an old pack from a previous Japanese expdition. They cut open the pack, and found 60 pitons, 12 ice screws, chocolate bars, and two new 50 meter ropes. Holy fucking luck!

[leejams1]

Tough men back in them days. "average life expectancy was about 37". 

Sure glad that expectancy has changed quite substantially. 

[Albert_Pynstardt]

On 12/8/2003 at 3:04 PM, Ryan said:

The Twight epic on Nanga Parbat involved the four team members being forced off of the face by an incoming storm and spindrift avalanches...at one of the rappels, all four of the climbers were clipped into a sling girth hitched to a Snarg when they got hit by a massive avalanche...miraculously, the Snarg held, and they continued downward. Later, due to miscommunication between Barry and Kevin, they ended up losing the two ropes they had. They then ran out of food, lost a tent, and had to rely on fixed lines to keep heading downward. At around 22,000 feet, the team found an old pack from a previous Japanese expdition. They cut open the pack, and found 60 pitons, 12 ice screws, chocolate bars, and two new 50 meter ropes. Holy fucking luck!

I heard this story first hand from Twight about 30 years ago. Pretty incredible.