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July 10, 2017April 6, 2019K2 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

K2 2017 Season Coverage: Climbers Dodge Wild Weather

Camp 2 on Broad Peak in 2006

It is business as usual in the Karakorum. The weather is driving some teams crazy creating stop/start summits pushes on Broad Peak […]

July 5, 2017July 16, 2017K2 2017 Coverage

K2 2017 Season Coverage: Weather Stalls Progress

Tight space at Camp 1 on K2

Right on cue, bad weather moved into the Karakorum stopping a proposed summit attempt on Broad Peak and some rope fixing on […]

July 1, 2017July 16, 2017K2 2017 Coverage

K2 2017 Season Coverage: Search Halted on Nanga, Monday Summits on Broad?

The Mazeno Ridge of Nanga Parbat. The giant Rupal Face is on the right. by Doug Scott.

The Karakorum season is off to a sad start with multiple deaths. Meanwhile teams are hoping for Monday summits on Broad Peak […]

June 28, 2017July 16, 2017K2 2017 Coverage

K2 2017 Season Coverage: Missing Climbers, Cheating Climbers, Weather Windows

Nanga Parbat

The Karakorum season has begun in earnest with teams preparing to fix the route on K2 and those on Broad Peak waiting […]

June 25, 2017April 6, 2019K2 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

K2 2017 Season Coverage: Teams Begin Climbing

Broad Peak

The climbing season in Pakistan’s Karakoram Range is well underway with teams arriving at base camps and some already spending a few […]

June 18, 2017April 6, 2019K2 2017 Coverage, Weekend Update

K2 2017 Season Coverage

Using my experience of my successful summit of K2 in 2014 and covering the action in 2015 and 2016, I will once […]

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