Czech David Fojtik downhilled Dhaulagiri on skis on May 1st 2009 as the first man on world. Now he is said OK in base camp.
He down hilled Nord East edge that means normal route. In same time there were German and Japanese to try it too, say the report on Czech version of this web Lezec.cz sourced by David Fojtik blog on web site velehory.cz.
"Good news - On 1.5. I am reaching Dhaulagiri as the first man this year. And then I partly downhill the mountain on skis (without part 7300-6700m, where water ice was and therefor not possible for downhilling).
Bad news - The friend Mehdi, died during the ascent. I shared the tent with him after my climbing partner Pavla turned down before of C3. I have also minor frost of finger on hands and more serious on feet."
Czech Pavla Pilchova turned down between C2 and C3 and now she is also OK, David Fojtik writes.
Dear freind
This is Reza from Iran.Iam a freind of Mehdi, the Iranian member how died in Daolagiri last friday.
Me and thay family whants to know if you have any information of him. how he died? Do you know he felt down or his body is in the way.
please help us.
Thank you very much.
Reza
We will try and we surely do our best to contact David Fojtik (or other companions of the expedition) and to get some information
concerning your missing member.
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