The Turkish climber Esin Handal, who became the first woman from Turkey awarded the Snow Bars, intends to go down in the history of national mountaineering, having completed the prestigious project “14×8000”, which is called the “Olympic championship” in mountaineering. On Mount Ylgaz. During her career, she made many ascents in Turkey and beyond. In 2019, she conquered five peaks with a height of over 7 thousand meters in the territory of the former Soviet Union and received the title of Snow Bars, which is awarded by the Federation of Alpinism of Russia. She became the first turf and the 32nd woman in the world that received this title. As part of this project, she plans to rise 13 more peaks above 8 thousand meters, including Everest. Handal’s goal is to become the first woman from Turkey to complete this route, and the second Turkishk after Tunch Fyndyk.
“ascents, they help to open my inner strength”
in an interview with Anadolu, Handal said that he has been engaged in mountaineering for about 25 years, of which the last 10-15 years has been devoting a special for this sports Attention.
Speaking about climbing to K2, the climber emphasized that this mountain is considered one of the most difficult and dangerous in the world: “Many climbers dream of ending my career as an ascent to K2. It was my dream. I worked for many years and ultimately reached the top. Only 15 people were able to conquer it. The conditions were extremely difficult – there was little snow, the gathering, gathering. stones, avalanches and numerous accidents were two months of severe trials. “
she admitted that the ways arose when she wanted to abandon the ascent: she transferred food poisoning and was even going to go back, but thanks to the support of the team, she was able to continue the path and reach the top. The top, but lost part of the equipment due to the avalanche. “I had a patch with a flag, I raised it. My phone and the camera froze, so I asked other climbers to take pictures,” she said.