Category : K2

Winter K2 Preview: Between Mountain Excellence and Commercialization

Angela Benavides

11/09/2019

8000ers K2 Winter 8000ers Winter Himalaya

Winter K2 has become the great unsolved problem of the Himalaya. As such, it has caught the attention of those wishing to "conquer" the ulti...

Karakorum Recap: The 8,000’ers

Angela Benavides

06/08/2019

8000ers K2

The climbing season in Pakistan evolved from rather low expectations to feverish excitement on Nanga Parbat, K2 and the Gasherbrums. All Pak...

A Remarkable K2 Season Wraps Up

Angela Benavides

27/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

All K2 climbers have now safely returned to Base Camp. Now -- and not before -- we can consider the climb done. We can now fill in some deta...

K2 Summit Tally Spikes From Zero to 24

Angela Benavides

26/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Patience paid off for the K2 climbers who remained on the mountain after the first summit attempt failed last week because of dangerous cond...

Latest Update: K2 Summits!

Angela Benavides

24/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Nirmal Purja and Gesman Tamang of Bremont Project Possible, and Lakpa Dendi Sherpa and Chhangba Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks stood on the to...

Nail-Biting Time: K2 Climbers Head For Summit

Angela Benavides

23/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

The rope-fixing team duly set off from Camp 4 (7,800m) toward the summit of K2 (8,611m) just after 10pm local time. It's going to be a l...

Lead Climbers Reach Camp 4 on K2

Angela Benavides

23/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Nirmal Purja, Lakpadendi Sherpa, Gesman Tamang, Changba Sherpa and Lakpa Temba Sherpa have reached Camp 4 on K2's Abruzzi Spur. They will se...

Purja Launches New K2 Push — But How Risky Is It?

Angela Benavides

22/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Turns out that it's not over on K2. While most big teams have called off their expedition because of the extreme avalanche danger near the s...

Karakorum Weekly Recap: GI, GII Successes, K2 Likely Over

Angela Benavides

19/07/2019

8000ers K2

This has been “The Week" in the Karakorum: the brief core period when everyone is hurrying toward the summits of K2, Gasherbrum I and Gasher...

Updated: K2 Summit Push Aborted

Angela Benavides

18/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Deep snow and avalanche risk has forced back climbers on K2. "Mingma Tenzi and Pemba Tshering tried to break the trail from the Bottlenec...

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