TREKKING MERA PEAK: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ASSAULT ON THE SUMMIT
Speed Mountaineer Benedikt Böhm: "We made our first high camp in the lashing rain, in a drenched, rat-infested hole. So it wasn't the best conditions for a sound sleep. The heavy rain meant we had to postpone setting off for the final camp by another day. If it was going to rain and snow like that, we wouldn't get a chance at all at the summit. Although Mera Peak is "only" 6,500 metres high, the mountain has huge glaciers, and with this visibility we would never find our way towards the summit across the endless snowfields with their sharp fissures and steps."
