Winter K2 Update: Changes
With a break in the winds starting Sunday, 1/9/21, look for many climbers to head up K2 to finish their acclimatization. Over 50 people next...
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Saturday, January 9, 2021
Friday, January 8, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Quiet
Minga G tells me the ropes to 7300-meters, a bit higher than the previous estimate. However, with the big winds and everyone at Base Camp, i...
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Winter K2 Update: No January 2021 Summits??
The winds continue to hit K2 and now some are feeling a bit less optimistic than even a few days ago. The post Winter K2 Update: No January...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Opinion: A New Day in America
My Opinion: A few do not represent America; it’s a country of many. Today, a few performed an attack on the institutions of the American gov...
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Winter K2 Update: Chillin’ at Base Camp
Big winds and extremely cold temperatures have everyone at Base Camp. Many of the clients have been to C1, a few to C2. Forecast has low win...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Crowded Base Camp
With high winds on K2, everyone is back in Base Camp waiting for the next window later this week. Updates from individual climbers. The pos...
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Monday, January 4, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Weather Moves In
The winds have returned and are forecasted to stay strong throughout the week. That said, there are reports of climbers going up anyway. Als...
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Sunday, January 3, 2021
Winter K2 Update: Climbers at C1 and C2
With this small weather window, climbers are stampeding K2 to try and get an acclimatization rotation in before the winds return. Video of t...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Winter K2 Update: Weather Moves In
Today, Thursday, December 31, 2020 K2 has no climbers on her flanks. Aspirants are staged at Base Camp waiting for the next weather window o...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Winter K2 Update: Early Season Overview
Today was the last day of predicted winds low-enough to climb high. Mingma and Nims put the fixed ropes to 7000-meters, top of the Black Pyr...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Winter K2 Update: Fighting the Cold
Not a lot of news from K2 this Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at 19:00 K2 time. It appears that there are three teams at C2: Mingma G, Nims, an...
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Monday, December 28, 2020
Winter K2 Update: Climbers All over the Mountain
With a good weather window, three teams are on K2 today: Nims Purja, John Snorri Sigurjonsson with Muhammad Ali Sadpara and his son Sajid Al...
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Saturday, December 26, 2020
Winter K2 Update: Nims to Attempt High Camp
Nims Purja and his Sherpa team arrived at Base Camp and almost immediately announced they would fix the ropes on the Black Praymid. Could we...
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Friday, December 25, 2020
Winter K2 Update
The big news from the week was that they fixed the ropes to the traditional Camp2. More teams arrived at base camp while others are making s...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020
K2 Winter on the Abruzzi
With the ropes on K2 at Camp 2, it's easy to get excited about early progress, but this is normal for past winter expeditions. The real ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Ropes to Camp 2 on Winter K2
Huge news that the fixed lines are to Camp 2 on Winter K2. The teams are enjoying decent weather for winter. Other climbers just arrived in ...
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Is What’s Happening on Winter K2 Wrong?
Who and how mountains are climbs changes with time, so it shouldn't be a surprise that this winter K2 has over 60 people attempting the ...
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Friday, December 18, 2020
Ropes to C1 on Winter K2, Press Negativity Abounds
Ropes to C1 on Winter K2 as more teams arrive at base camp. Negativity abounds in the press. The post Ropes to C1 on Winter K2, Press Negat...
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Monday, December 14, 2020
What’s in a name: Everest, Chomolungma, Sagarmatha?
After a few years of work, and suspense, China and Nepal jointly announced that they have an updated measurement for Mt. Everest, and both c...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020
Progress on Winter K2
There have been reports that Pakistan is having a mild winter, which might bode well for the K2 teams. Extreme cold is what stops many attem...
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