Seven Summit Treks has released the names of seven climbers who decided to return to Base Camp. They are: Mattia Conte, Magdalena Gorzkowska and her photographer Oswaldo Rodrigo Pereira, Jon Kedrowski (Colin O’Brady’s partner), Peter Moerman, Pechhumbe Sherpa, and Pemba Sherpa. No word was given about the reason for their descent, although O’Brady did say about his partner, “Unless your mind, body, and spirit are all feeling 100 percent, it’s probably not a great idea to attempt a K2 winter climb.” We will continue to update as we hear.
While the two camps are several vertical metres apart, the higher camp lies above House’s Chimney, placing it above the camp at the base of the Chimney where the lower Camp 2 residents plus John Snorri, the Sadparas, Fazal, and two more climbers, perhaps Elia Saikaly and Pasang Kaji Sherpa, are currently located.
Tamara Lunger and JP Mohr are fine in Camp 3, although it’s “pretty cold”, they say.
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Angela, the Lower Camp 2 is at 6,570 not at 6,780m (I think it was mistake in the first report from Dawa) so it is below House’s Chimney.
Atanas Skatov is in that camp and his tracker shows 6570m
Thanks for the feedback. Corrected.
Sign up for winter K2
Promote yourself
Go to BC
Take selfies
Post motivational quotes on social media
Pretend to make a “summit attempt”
Return to BC claiming “safety” or “not feeling it this time”
This is what mountaineering has now become. An absolute circus.
Shameless self promotion is not a new phenomenon in mountaineering. The circus has always been in town, the only difference is now the show is live on the internet instead of print media.