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Climbing the World to End Alzheimer's

June 20, 2022June 28, 2022Climbing News, K2, K2 2022 Coverage

K2 2022 Summer Coverage: How Hard is K2?

With an estimated 348 people attempting K2 this summer, it begs the question if people have succumbed to marketing and clever public relations as to the difficulty of climbing this peak. I guess the question of difficulty begs the decision of which route, are you following Sherpas who broke the trail, what’s your experience, and these days, not if you use Os, but at what flow rate and from which camp?

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