Ascent route followed to summit the Hidden Peak.
	A picture of Jesús on the summit of Hidden Peak; in the background, the Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and K2.

Ascent

     The 11th July, we climbed up to Camp I on the Hidden Peak. On the following day, snow and instability moved us down to basecamp. We waited there for two days. The 15th, at daybreak, we left for Camp II (6400m) and we reached it after a 5 hours trek. Two more days waiting and, once more, the snow and wind compel us to retreat to basecamp.

     The following week we were climbing up and down because of the weather. We knew by heart every meter between basecamp and Camp II. Until the 25th July -St. James' day and Day of Galicia- we left for the first time for Camp III, together with three Japanese. We arrived there, though this step forward was ephemeral (we turned back once more to Camp II).

     The 29th we left intending to reach Camp II at a stretch. We met the Japanese there. The Hidden summit was very requested (German, Dutch and American expeditions waited at Camp II).

     The 31st , in the calm of a starry night, we left for the summit. At the beginning of the canal, we left the Japanese behind. They had left an hour and a half before us, but they seemed to be climbing up with difficulty. At daybreak, overcast conditions threatened with ruining everything. We hurried up to summit at about 9.00 am. On the descent, the weather had already worsened. Things were getting bad for those expeditions climbing up to the summit.