Jost Kobusch Back in Nepal

A series of regular events mark the approach of winter in Nepal’s Himalaya: the Hindu festival of Dashain, the shorter days and colder nights, and the presence of a lonely German climber looking for 6,000m peaks to climb on his own, as he waits for winter to arrive.

For the third consecutive year, Jost Kobush has traveled early to Nepal to prepare to solo winter Everest. Again, he is warming up by bagging some firsts on lesser Himalayan peaks.