14/04/2026
Weissmies, 4011 m, we didn’t make it.
We started at 05:00 AM in complete darkness, skins, crampons, ice axe. Two roped teams. In mine, there was a guy attempting his first 4’000 m peak. Around 3’500 m, we could see he wasn’t doing well. Too exhausted, too unstable to continue safely on that terrain.
We decided to turn back.
It hurts, especially because that morning I was ready. Training, nutrition, hydration, all done. I could have eaten that mountain alive. But on a rope team, you go up together and you come down together. There’s no other rule.
The mountain is still there.