Nepal

The WeatherBlog starts the season with an apology: He hasn't been following the Alpine weather lately because he was on a business trip to the Himalayas for a while and had neither internet access nor the leisure time to do so, has only recently returned and is drowning in emails and other work to be done. Yes, exactly, these are excuses. Since my colleague Orakel seems to have everything under control here in Germany and the WeatherBlog hasn't quite mentally returned yet, this time it's all about a different mountain region.

Basti Haag is one of the best-known German-speaking extreme ski mountaineers. On September 23, 2012, Basti narrowly escaped one of the biggest avalanche accidents in Nepal. 30 people were buried in the avalanche - unfortunately 11 died. Basti was one of the first people at the scene of the accident. PG spoke to him about his experiences.

By mountain bike from Kathmandu (Nepal) via the "Friendship"-Highway, over the main Himalayan ridge to Tibet and to Mount Everest Base Camp (5400 m above sea level).