Imminent challenges (a new year, a new challenge)
Next September Dynatech plans to launch both the new security systems on its website and their mass production. The new QUASAR speed governors equipped with 120mm Ø pulley.
There will be three different versions: One with a standard governor (QUASAR), another one as a development of the on board STAR (QUASAR SV) and the last one and most important one, the QUASAR T25, also on board. The latter is the result of merging the new QUASAR "minigovernor" with our best progressive safety gear, the ASG, in a single part. The reduced size of the unit together with its versatility provide outstanding benefits for its use, not only in any type of lift but also in modernisations and it is perfect for lifts with reduced pits.
As previously mentioned, in September, Dynatech will profusely inform about the features, certifications and approvals of the new safety systems, including 3D animations in order to better understand their operation and application possibilities; however, today we are presenting a new type of challenge.
As you know, Dynatech sponsors a great team of mountaineers with which we share the same values to reach our goals. From the end of this month to the end of August, our team is going to accomplish a new heroic deed and, if they succeed, DYNATECH’s name will appear in the world mountaineering records. Nobody better than one of the members of our expedition can explain what this new challenge is about. We warn the followers of our blog that, due to the holiday season, only the Spanish and English versions of the daily reports will be available. You can also find them at Carlos Pauner’s website (www.carlospauner.com).
This is the 1st report by Raúl Martínez:
“A new year… a new challenge”
“Once more, DYNATECH matches the expectations. In line with what was stated in the previous years about finding challenges difficult to be reached and always trying to overcome those difficulties, facing challenges, working in teams to reach a goal, DYNATECH has set its eyes on an even more difficult mountain, if possible.
We have accomplished a series of projects characterised by a desire for self-improvement: In 2009, it was the attempt- and climb – of the coldest mountain in the world (the McKinley, 6,194 metres high); in 2010 it was the Alpamayo, which is considered the most beautiful mountain in the world; in 2011, the climb of the Gasherbrum II, one of the so-called 14 eight-thousanders on Earth. And, this year, DYNATECH has set its eyes on a mountain never climbed before.
Nowadays, it seems that there are few things to be discovered, that everything is already done, and they can only be accomplished by those with the ability to innovate and find the impossible. There still is this type of challenges in inhospitable lands far from what we already know. This is the case of Shipilov Peak; a 6,201 metre virgin mountain in the Kyrgyz Republic and that is the last 6,000 metre unclimbed mountain in this country. Located in the Tien Shan mountain range and with very tough orographic and climatological conditions, DYNATECH is going to attempt to climb this mountain.
However, this challenge was not set by chance. If we have a look back at the recent years, in 2009 a cycle began with the coldest mountain in the world, then, the most beautiful mountain in the world, later, one of the most demanding ones in the world and, this year, the one that could be named as "the most unknown mountain in the world". A beautiful ending could be the climb of the highest mountain in the world, the Everest¸ 8,848 metres high.
The team created by DYNATECH for this adventure is the one already known from previous occasions, Fran Lorente, Raúl Martínez and Carlos Pauner, the Himalayan Aragon flag. The three of them are leaving for Tien Shan on 19th July and are coming back on 12th August; 26 intense days to prepare and climb following a completely new route that will be called DYNATECH Route to Shipilov Peak.
No doubt, a beautiful and demanding challenge that, if successful, would be the first world climb to this mountain, leaving DYNATECH's name at the top of a peak never climbed before and, therefore, rightfully making history since DYNATECH’s name will remain forever in the first route and climb to this mountain. Hence, a new year and a new challenge begin.
Raúl Martínez
