BHAGIRATI IV, GAME ON
ARIANNA COLLIARDIn 2015, Matteo della Bordella, Luca Schiera, and Matteo De Zaiacomo made an attempt at the first ascent. It was a debacle. “We quickly understood that a west face at 5,500m means -10°C until noon, and when the blood finally returned to our hands and feet, we were subjected to the intense whistle of stonefall. We were beaten after only two and a half pitches.”