K2 2018 Summer Coverage: K2 Summit Push Underway
Teams are spread out all over K2 as the summit push has begun. Most teams left on Monday and are slowly working […]
Month: July 2018
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Broad Peak, Gasherbrum Summits, K2 Push Begins
Not to be denied, the second summit push on Broad Peak was successful for most as was a clean summit of Gasherbrum […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Weekend Update July 15
The middle of the summer climbing season has arrived in Pakistan and this season continues to all about weather and deaths. But […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Progress
With a span of good weather days, teams have made good progress across the Karakoram, including K2. Talk is starting of potential […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Another Death in the Karakoram
Once again, there is sad news from the Northern Pakistan Mountains. While attempting the almost 8,000-meter peak Gasherbrum IV, 32 years-old Italian climber […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Nanga Parbat Summit, Broad Peak Playing Tough
After the tragic news of Canadian climber Serge Dessureault’s death on K2 over the weekend, some good news would be welcomed and we have […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: K2 Climber Falls to Death
Tragic news from K2 on Saturday 7 July, 2018. Canadian climber Serge Dessureault is thought to have fallen to his death just below […]
K2 2018 Summer Coverage: Weekend Update July 6
As we approach the first weekend in July 2018, one word summarizes this season: weather. It is appearing that teams will need […]
K2 2018 Summer Season: ” I’ve never experienced such a season with so constant bad weather in the Karakoram.”
It continues to be wild in the Pakistani Mountains. The week started with heavy snow delays, cleared for a day before the […]
K2 2018 Summer Season Coverage: Climbing Again
After almost a week of inactivity due to heavy snow, climbing has returned to the five Karakoram 8000ers but some climbers are […]