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PERILOUS EXPEDITION
Preceding pages: An alpine climber confronts
the challenges presented by the Himalayan
mountain Kumbhakarna. This page: A Sherpa
family faces emotionally wrenching issues
after opting to assist the expedition.
" I told the climbers that I just
needed them as background
to my story about Sherpas. "
But she couldn't be sure she'd have the ingredients. " Kumbhakarna is so
hard, there are few people in the world who can climb it, " she explains.
" Expeditions there happen maybe once every 10 years. "
As luck would have it, she heard about an elite Russian duo - Dmitry
" Dima " Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov - who hoped to climb the mountain
in the alpine style. They were looking for Sherpas, so she connected
them with Ngada, and the expedition was set in motion. A third climber
from Poland, Marcin Tomaszewski, joined in.
Ngada agreed to the expedition despite heavy objections from his
wife. Because Kumbhakarna is holy, Sherpas have refused to climb it.
But Ngada reluctantly decides to break the taboo because his son wants
to become a doctor, and schooling costs money. His wife protests: " It's
climbing God's body. "
Logistics and Gear
During the expedition, the idea was that Rosołowski would cover the
Sherpas and Partridge the climbers, plus any shooting above base camp
(4,800 meters). Rosołowski is not a climber, but knew from trekking in
Nepal that he'd be okay up to that elevation - whereas Partridge specializes
in extreme environments, including high elevations like the
52 / SEPTEMBER 2021
PHOTOS BY DMITRY GOLOVCHENKI, SERGEI NILOV, KEITH PARTRIDGE, PIOTR ROSOLOWSKI
AND ELIZA KUBARSKA, COURTESY OF TILT PRODUCTION.

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