Team Leaving K2 Base Camp
We just spoke with Garrett Madison from K2 base camp. Communications are still limited and photos will be posted soon. The team spent yesterday at base camp recovering from the climb and packing and organizing their gear for the 60 mile trek out to Askole. Today they start the multi-day journey down the Godwin-Austen and Baltoro glaciers. The team is reveling in their amazing success and good fortune with weather, climbing conditions, and overall health of the team. Many lifelong dreams were fulfilled.
Join us one more time in congratulating Matthew Du Puy, Alan Arnette, and Garrett Madison along with Sherpa climbing team Kami Rita Sherpa, Fur Kancha Sherpa and Kami Tshering Sherpa and all of our wonderful base camp staff, including our Pakistani Liason Officer, Squadron Leader Khalid Mehmood Chishti.
Thank you for following along and we hope you enjoyed our dispatches. This concludes our coverage of K2 2014.
NEXT UP: Kilimanjaro August 2014!
Congratulations to all of you. Members of the Whitney Zone have been following you. As I understand it, your team consists of the 16th, 17th and 18th Americans to ever stand on the summit of K2. I wonder how many Sherpa have stood on K2’s summit. Your team of six performed outstandingly.