Category : K2

Winter Karakorum: Client Grace Tseng Bound for K2, and Maybe More

Angela Benavides

22/11/2021

Two years ago, we wondered about the future of Winter K2. Its fate is now clearer. Like many other 8,000'ers, what used to be known as the S...

Lakpa Sherpa on K2 and Manaslu

Angela Benavides

17/08/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum Manaslu

Lakpa Sherpa, born in the village of Makalu 30 years ago, was the first climber to set foot on the summit of K2 this year. This was his thir...

Pakistan 8,000m Season Recap

Angela Benavides

13/08/2021

8000ers Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

It has been a special season on Pakistan's 8,000'ers. After the disastrous spring season inNepal, many climbers changed their plans an...

“I Found One of the Bodies on K2” — An Exclusive Report

explorersweb

09/08/2021

BY VALENTYN SYPAVIN After the successful ascent of K2 in the summer of 2021, my team went home. All clients reached the summit, including...

Niels Jespers on his No-O2 Climbs of K2 and Broad Peak

Angela Benavides

06/08/2021

Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

Niels Jespers of Belgium can't really say how different it is to climb a mountain with supplementary O2 because he has never used it. Consid...

K2 Climbing Ends, Mystery-Solving Begins

Angela Benavides

02/08/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

Bad weather has settled into the Karakorum, with snow burying the hopes that some teams still had for a final go at their respective goals. ...

Last Man on Broad Peak Back In Base Camp

Angela Benavides

30/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak K2 Karakorum

There was some uncertainty about the whereabouts of Argentinian climber Ignacio "Nacho" Lucero, who was descending from Broad Peak when nigh...

Karakorum: The Summiters, the Fallen, and the Survivors

Angela Benavides

29/07/2021

8000ers Broad Peak Gasherbrum K2

The 8,000m season in the Karakorum has almost ended. The K2 summiters should have arrived back in Base Camp today. Meanwhile, Niels Jespe...

Rick Allen: An Understated Legend

Ash Routen

29/07/2021

8000ers Himalaya K2

British climber Rick Allen died last week in an avalanche on K2 while attempting a new route on the Southeast Face. For the casual observer ...

K2: Missions Accomplished

Angela Benavides

28/07/2021

8000ers K2 Karakorum

Today's summiters are back in their tents, mainly in Camp 3, with a few in Camp 2. No-O2 climber Niels Jespers intended to reach Camp 3 for ...

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