‘The Show Must Go. Tomaz Humar from Slovenia successfully made a Solo Summit on Mt.Annapurna I (8091m) via South Face on 28 Oct 2007.

“Asian Trekking” is very pleased and proud to announce that our great friend and popular mountaineer Mr. Tomaz Humar from Slovenia successfully made a Solo Summit on Mt.Annapurna I (8091m) via South Face on 28 Oct 2007. The name of the expedition is Humar Solo Annapurna I Expedition 2007,” read the late night message from Ang Tshering Sherpa to ExplorersWeb. “The summit news have been conveyed by Tomaz Humar through his satellite phone from the mountain. The above expedition is handled by Asian Trekking (P) Ltd.” (MountEverest.net) “Asian Trekking is very pleased and proud to announce that our great friend and popular mountaineer Mr. Tomaz Humar from Slovenia successfully made a Solo Summit on Mt.Annapurna I (8091m) via South Face on 28 Oct 2007. The name of the expedition is Humar Solo Annapurna I Expedition 2007,” read the late night message from Ang Tshering Sherpa to ExplorersWeb. “The summit news have been conveyed by Tomaz Humar through his satellite phone from the mountain. The above expedition is handled by Asian Trekking (P) Ltd.” Behind the curtain, in the pantomime If the report is confirmed, this would not only be an incredible feat, but also a s sweet revenge for Tomas, who got in trouble on Nanga Parbat in 2005. Attempting a new route on the sheer Rupal face, climbing alone in very bad conditions, Tomaz got stuck in a labyrinth of Ice and unsettled snow, unable neither to climb further up nor to descend due to heavy snowfall and avalanches. He was trapped on a ridge with snow slides running around him, crouched in a tiny snow-hole for Right before the expedition to Nanga, Tomaz had also lost his main sponsor. The Rupal face climb was important to him. But now, many in the climbing community criticized him for getting himself in such a mess, and putting rescuers’ life at stake. While he was lucky to come down alive; his critics won the Piolet d’Or for their climb on the same mountain. “They didn’t even try to help me,” Tomaz said. “We didn’t know,” they replied. “Behind the curtain, in the pantomime/I can fly – my friends/I’ll face it with a grin/Im never giving in/On – with the show -/Ill top the bill, Ill overkill/I have to find the will to carry on… (‘The Show Must Go On’ by Queen) Behind the curtain on Annapurna 1, Tomas might have showed the world that he can fly again. Tomaz Humar was born on February 18, 1969 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He currently lives in Stranje and works for the Customs Office in Ljubljana. He has been a member of the Kamnik branch of the Alpine Club since 1987, and completed 1500 ascents, 70 of them first ascents at home and abroad. Tomaz most remarkable climbs have been tough climbs at slightly lower altitudes: New routes on Ama Dablam, Lobuche, Nuptse West, Dhaulagiri (no summit), Aconcagua South face, etc.