Asia, China, Shishapangma

Author: Markus Schmuck. Climb Year: 1985. Publication Year: 1986.

Twelve of our expedition reached the summit of Shishapangma. Base Camp, Advance Base, Camps I, II, III and IV were at 5000, 5400, 5800, 6400, 6900 and 7150 meters. We divided into three groups and reached the summit on May 10, 12 and 19. Oswald Gassler made the first ski descent of the mountain. The following reached the top: Austrians Gassler, Leopold Schausberger, Balthasar Kendler, Thomas Schilcher, Helmut Wagner, Gottfried Heinzel, Leopold Karner and Hanns Schell and Swiss Max Wettstein, Angelo Vedani and Sepp Wangeler. We had no high-altitude porters and no artificial oxygen.

Marcus Schmuck, Österreichischer Alpenverein