Heike Göschl-Grünwald

The ascent of the Hidden Peak via a new route, the first winter ascent of the mountain and the first winter crossing of an eight-thousander in the history of high-altitude mountaineering was Gerfried Göschl's great dream. For years he worked towards this adventure. He has been to Hidden Peak (Gasherbrum I) twice to prepare the routes, studied books and maps and thought through every possible problem. Together with the Swiss Cederic Hählen and Nisar Hussein from Pakistan, he chose the best and most experienced mountain comrades for this project and, together with Darek Zaluski from Poland, engaged a winter experienced alpinist and cameraman.