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Denis with Simone Moro made the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) via the Diamir face. Although well advanced in the expedition, due to adverse weather conditions, the two climbers announced their decision to abandon the attempt.
Nature was once again stronger. Denis Urubko and Simone Moro’s expedition to Nanga Parbat has come to an end and the first winter ascent of Montagna Nuda will have to wait another day. It has been snowing for days and days and the weather forecast provided by Karl Gabl from Innsbruck turned out to be very bad: after a short break of 36 hours the snow and wind will continue for the whole of next week. This means that over 1.5 meters of snow should fall in the near future.
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It is therefore clear that in these conditions any attempt would be simply too dangerous, with gusts of wind at high altitude reaching 130 km / h. In these prohibitive conditions, going back is certainly the right decision.
The two mountaineers had decided while they were on the mountain itself to try a new route on the line attempted by Messner and Eisendle in 2000. This climbs the left side of the great wall of Diamir and to climb this they were forced to cross the tormented glacier and above all to traverse under the dangerous Kinshofer serac. The two climbers had also discovered a way around this route and an obligatory danger … but now, with all the fresh snow, the mission would be impossible and too dangerous.