Nanga Parbat Summit Push Aborted

February 3, 2015 Expeditions | K2 | Mountain | Mountaineering

Windy and cold
(Newsdesk) The second summit push on Nanga Parbat is a no-go. RussianClimb report an SMS from the Russians reading they managed to return safely to BC through bad weather, “You could fly to K2 real fast in such winds,” they commented.

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