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 Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopez "An Ascending Couple": READY TO GO TO THE 14 HIGHEST SUMMITS OF THE WORLD | |||||||
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|  Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopez, members of the Ascending Couple, will attempt their sixth summit in Broad Peak, while on their quest for the fourteen highest mountains of the world  Currently Badia Bonilla is ranked in the fifth place of the international ranking of climbing women who are trying to conquer the 14 highest summits of the world  Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II are the summits that have been conquered by Badia Bonilla, while Mauricio Lopes has Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II The Mexican climbers matrimony, Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopez, members of An Ascending Couple, will depart next June 6 towards their sixth challenge on their quest of conquering the 14 highest summits of the world: Broad Peak, 8,047 meters, located on the Karakorum mountain system of Pakistan. The Broad Peak expedition will be their second visit to that mountain because they had an accident last year while they were attempting to climb the mountain, which forced them to abandon. During ascent the couple suffered a fall in a slide of snow and rock, being Mauricio Lopez who stopped the fall and, thus, the most affected because his wife Badia Bonilla impacted him sticking the crampons into his right thigh. Despite the medical help he got from the leader of the expedition, his physical fitness was damaged and he never could recover entirely. When both climbers were some 300 meters from the summit (with still eight hours to go) they decided between a bad summit or a good return because Mauricio we not in optimal conditions, taking both the decision to end the expedition to preserve their integrity, their health and life. For this second attempt to the summit of Broad Peak, twelfth highest mountain in the world, the route Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopes will follow is the southeast. They will have to arrive to the airport at Islamabad, then cover 700 km in a small bus (a trip that is done in two days) by a road known as "Karakorum Highway". They after five days of traveling by plane and road the expedition changes to a four by four to cover a dirt road of 110 Km in the worst conditions to finally get to the point where the trek begins to cross the Baltoro Glacier for six days. Fifteen days after their departure from Mexico, the Ascending Couple will install their base camp at 4,900 meters of altitude above sea level. From there they will start the process of acclimatization by installing the three altitude camps they will use (5,700 m, 6,350 m and 7,200 m) to conquer the summit. If they are fit, Badia and Mauricio will be reaching the summit of Broad Peak between the 20 and 25 of July, adding the sixth summit for Badia, fifth for Mauricio and their fifth as a married climbing couple. Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopez started the project of climbing the highest summits of the world in the year 2000. In the beginning the adventure was created to challenge the record of eight summits that the Polish Wanda Rutkiewicz had as the maximum feat achieved by a woman; however, the expectations on the race to conquer the 14 eight-thousands was overcome and the challenge turned to be who was the first woman to conquer all of them. Today, Austrian Gerlinde Kaltebrunner goes ahead with 11 of 14 summits, behind her are Spaniard Edurne Pasaban and Italian Nives Miroi with ten. Also Polish Anna Scerwinska is ranked four with six and finally, Mexican Badia Bonilla is fifth with five summits (Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II). Badia Bonilla is a graduate of Nutrition and specializes in Antropometrics and Nutrition for Sports, aside of being a world level climber. Mauricio Lopez is an intern before becoming a Geology Engineer, personal trainer, mountain climber and leader of international expeditions. Climbers Badia Bonilla and Mauricio Lopez will send weekly the journal of the expedition using VAIO and WALKMAN technology through their web page. They will take high quality products made by AMARANTUM and ACUVUE. Their preparation has been intense and most of that was done in SPORT CITY Club. Mauricio Lopez and Badia Bonilla thank each and every one of their sponsors for the support they have given for the expedition, making note of their commitment with society and with Mexican sports
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