2003 : Alone ascent and without oxygen under difficult conditions.
Situation : Dhaulagiri Himal, Népal central. 28°42’ lat.N / 83°30’ long.E
Altitude : 8167m.
First of the top : the 13 may 1960 by one swiss expedition directed by M.Eiselin by the North-eastern edge.
Altitude base camp : 4800m.
Go of approach : between five and seven days.


“On May 20, 2003, I was on the slopes of the white mountain, Dhaulaghiri (8 167 m).

Only at the top, without radio connection with the external world, the emotion and psychological engagement were there, but there was not the intensity lived in Annapurna.

The edge Is that we had borrowed with Alberto was just opposite me about thirty away kilometers. I found it immense once again,
impressive. “