Makalu 2011. Rescue operation in the Makalu-La Pass (7,200 m) is in progress.

Exhausted after the attack, Artur Hajzer and Tomasz Wolfart have reached camp 3 in the Makalu-La Pass (7,200 m), where together with Maciej Stańczak (he did not attack the peak) they await help. Three climbers descend from the peak – Adam Bielecki is already in the base camp.

A group consisting in 5 Sherpas with additional oxygen left from the base camp towards the climbers. Today in the evening a team including Kacper Tekieli and Adam Ciućka is supposed to reach the Polish climbers.

Simultaneously, as a part of the rescue operation a group of rescuers consisting in acclimatized and experienced Himalayan mountaineers is being prepared. An appeal in this case has been published at the website of explorersweb.

The expedition is supported by: Ministry of Sport and Tourism, Jerzy Kukuczka Polish Mountaineering Support Foundation and HiMountain.

Robert Szymczak co-ordinates the rescue operation from Poland: nepall_2000@tlen.pl