According to the plan, she was to climb Cho Oyu, which is the sixth highest mountain in the world, and Shishapangma, which is the fourteenth highest in the world, in October. The record attempt was already in jeopardy in September due to the lack of a caltry license in China and bad weather. Now she has given notice that she is giving up. – It’s over for now. Right now I’m just trying to come to terms with the last six months, and the effort we’ve made to try to get the permits for the last two mountains, Cho Oyu and Shishapangma, she writes in a press release. The mountain that was next for Kristin was Cho Oyu. It didn’t happen. She further writes that they tried everything to manage to get a licence, but it didn’t work out in the end. – It has been a fantastic journey. It has been a roller-coaster with many ups and downs and a lot of hard work in between. She assures that she will manage the record next year. She is now on her way to Norway to visit family and friends. Incredible achievement Someone who climbed K2 together with Harila earlier this year was Frank Løke. They met 400 meters from the top. He also met her at base camp on the way to Mount Everest last year. Frank Løke and Kristin Harila a potato chip on the summit K2 in July. Photo: Private He believes that what Harila has accomplished is an incredible achievement. – These are factors she cannot do anything about. She can look at herself in the mirror and be satisfied. This is not her fault. He is rooting for her and thought she would manage all 14 tops. – She is a giant lady with a bone in her nose. I wish her all the best, concludes Løke. A different background Lars Flatø Nessa was the first Norwegian to climb K2 in 2008. It was together with Cecilie Skog and Rolf Bae. Berre Skog and Nessa came back down alive. Lars Flatø Nessa was on K2 in 2008 and lost a good friend, Rolf Bae. Photo: Private – Her performance so far is very impressive, he says. Nessa says that K2 is the most dangerous thing he has set out on and has not approached a peak over 8,000 meters since. Nessa says that the concept and form of climbing Harila pursues is unknown to him. – Setting records and doing it in the shortest possible time is not something one is preoccupied with in the climbing environment. She has a different background than me and my climbing friends. Nothing is impossible, Nessa says that everything is strengthened when you are at that height. – Both being exposed for so much and for so long at that height and in complex exposed terrain, and the fact that it is a record attempt, makes it very risky by my standards. – The effects of the altitude and the low oxygen pressure help to increase the risk of making mistakes. Nessa thinks she has made good use of the opportunities and shows that she is able to use the windows she has been given. He highlighted a catchphrase in climbing, “speed is safety”. – Shortening the time one is exposed to dangers over which one has little control. She has been very fast both up and down, and gets out of dangerous situations quickly. The longer one is on such mountains, the greater the chance that things will go wrong in the end, Nessa believes. He thinks she understands the risk. – For me, it would be impossible to climb two mountains in one week, but she has proven that nothing is impossible, says Nessa.
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Kristin Harila gives up the record attempt – news Troms and Finnmark
