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When you embark on an expedition to the other side of the world, things rarely go as planned. In the spring of 2024, mountaineers and friends Charles Dubouloz and Symon Welfringer flew to the Himalayas with the goal of climbing Gyachung Kang, a peak of over 8,000 meters on the Tibetan side. But faced with the conditions they encountered there, they revised their plans and headed towards Hungchi, on the Nepalese border. There, they opened a 1,700-meter route in pure alpine style, named The Headless Rider.
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00:09We went to the end of April, the 27th of April,
00:12in Nepal.
00:14We said that we would not be able to do a very high speed in altitude.
00:19Everyone, Simon and I, had suffered a lot of mistakes in our XP.
00:23We were also in a particular phase.
00:26He had to find a way to calm down his life.
00:28He was looking for it.
00:35You know, when you do the approach, you always feel like you're the animal that we bring to an abattoir.
00:41I'm going to go to the combat.
00:42I think I'm rarely felt as weak in my life.
00:49Oh, wait, pardon.
00:51I was saying that it's too much, even when I jump, I feel like I engage.
00:57Oh my God.
00:59Oh my God.
00:59On is in train de tomber gentiment dans une situation de merde, là.
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