Shaheen Baig, member in the Polish team, during the summit push last Friday. He is back up in C1, searching for the three missing climbers. Image by Artur Hajzer courtesy Polish winter GI expedition 2012, SOURCE
Nisar Hussain, in a tent at 7,800m on K2 Shoulder, summer 2011. courtesy Nisar Hussain
All members in Gerfried's team except for Günther Unterberger (forced back to BC due to health problems) reached C2 yesterday. They are proceeding up to C3 today, hoping to summit tomorrow. Image courtey of Goeschl's website (click to enlarge).
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(Angela Benavides/TS) More Pakistani climbers are joining the effort on Gasherbrum 1. Shaheen Baig, HAP with the Polish team and Abbas, experienced altitude climber originally co-hired as kitchen help by both teams, reached C1 on the peak's normal route at 1 pm, local time today, Polish team leader Artur Hajzer told ExplorersWeb. "Shaheen and Abbas should continue tomorrow further up to C2, weather permitting," Artur added. As earlier reported by ExplorersWeb in Pakistan Karrar Haidri the search helicopters, grounded since...
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