K2 First Rotation Complete
The K2 team just returned to base camp after spending 5 nights at elevations of up to 22,000′.
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K2 Partway to Camp 3: First Rotation
Climbed partway up to Camp 3 today, a cold and windy day but great views. Planning to descend to K2 base camp tomorrow for some R & R! – Garrett Elevation = 21,912.01 ft. Location = (35.870243, 76.532610)
K2 Camp 2: First Rotation
Chilling out at K2 Camp 2 on K2, 22,000′. A little windy and cloudy, but happy to be here! Enjoyed climbing Howse’s chimney just before camp:) – Garrett Elevation = 21,880.94 ft. Location = (35.870113, 76.532650)
K2 ABC: First Rotation
Just made it up to advanced base camp. Looking forward to climbing up to camp 1 tomorrow. – Garrett Elevation = 17,400 ft. Location = (35.860040, 76.542860)
Puja Ceremony today and heading up for first rotation!
Early today we had our Puja ceremony with our climbing team and asked the mountain for safe passage. We have been fortunate to have great weather, and are heading up later this afternoon to advanced base camp, then will try to reach Camps 1 & 2. Our trekking team left today to head down and […]
Arrived K2 Base Camp!
Yesterday we arrived in K2 base camp, and have enjoyed perfect weather the last 2 days! After a long trek, the comforts of base camp include our spacious dining and communications tent, our personal tents, and our shower tent (this was much appreciated after the week long trek). The food here is amazing, our cook […]
K2 base camp trek: Paiju
Relaxing in Paiju on the trek to K2 base camp.
Rest Day in Skardu
K2 team doing well, enjoying a relaxing day in Skardu, we plan to drive to Askole tomorrow.
Made it to Skardu!
We flew early today from Islamabad to Skardu, and are very happy that the weather cooperated for the flight. We are very thankful that our local agent could rebook our tickets from yesterday, allowing us to bypass the 2 day overland drive along the Karakoram Highway. Skardu is a small yet bustling town, we have […]
Team in Islamabad
After two days of flying from North America our K2 team has finally assembled in Islamabad and our first challenge is to travel to Skardu, where we begin the jeep ride to Askole to begin the trek. Today we spent a few hours at the airport waiting for this domestic flight, however because of bad […]