Inaki Ochoa in Trouble on Annapurna–Nearly Unconscience at Camp 5

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Inaki Ochoa, who was attempting a summit bid on Annapurna beginning yesterday, is having some MAJOR problems.  He turned back from the summit after he ran out of rope.  He was also suffering from a bad case of frostbite to the hands.  If this weren’t enough, Inaki Ochoa, once he was helped back down to Camp 5 at 7400 meters,  began to cough and vomit violently.  It has actually gotten so bad that whatever this is going on with Inaki, has left him incapacitated and nearly unconscience.

More from ExWeb:

Iñaki seemed to be all right when he called home, but half an hour later he suffered a sudden stroke or sorts, including violent burst of vomit and cough, which left him almost unconscious.

Since then, Horia has been trying to find help and counsel from Doctors in Spain over the sat phone. He has apparently administered Iñaki some medicines, and will try to help his mate down the south face of Annapurna today. As Iñaki’s relatives told Diario de Navarra, Horia could have also asked for help to a Swiss team currently on the northern side of the mountain.

Questions are beginning to arise concerning a high altitude rescue.  It seems there may not be anyone else on Annapurna’s South side that could assist in a rescue of this nature.  At this point, it isn’t looking to good for Inaki Ochoa, who continues to suffer and wait it out in very bad shape.

Inaki Ochoa is originally from Spain.  He has climbed 12 of the world’s 8,000 meter peaks including a new route established on Shisha Pangma.  In a recent interview with ExWeb, Inaki expressed his dislike for artificial assistance and the use of supplementary oxygen on his climbing expeditions.  Remember, these guys do know the risk involved in their particular field.  Inaki Ochoa is not an amature by any means, and is actually one of the world’s best at high altitude climbing.  He is currently climbing with Horia Colibasanu, a Romanian, and his team-mate of choice.  Horia has accompanied Inaki on many previous expeditions.  At times like this, that can be a very big asset.  Russian climber Alexi Bolotov had also joined the two for this final summit push.  Let’s all hope that Inaki can be brought down for further medical treatment.  Only time will tell if this is feasable.  Let’s kep him in our thoughts today.

ExplorersWeb is doing a great job of following this up with updates.  For the latest, head over there.  Kraig, over at The Adventure Blog, tipped me off through email to this one, he is currently running updates, as well.  I will keep you posted if anything changes