Category: K2 Winter

With high winds on K2, everyone is back in Base Camp waiting for the next window later this week. Updates from individual climbers.

The winds have returned and are forecasted to stay strong throughout the week. That said, there are reports of climbers going up anyway. Also, expect to another team arrive next week that may shake things up.

With this small weather window, climbers are stampeding K2 to try and get an acclimatization rotation in before the winds return. Video of the Black Pyramid by Mingma G.

High winds stopped many of the hopefuls on Friday but climbers left Base Camp on Saturday and are now at C1 and C2. Frostbite is being reported in some of the Sherpas.

Winter K2 Update: Evacuation from Base Camp. There are some climbers above Base Camp with a day or two of reasonable winds. Conditions deteriorate Monday into Tuesday.

Today, Thursday, December 31, 2020 K2 has no climbers on her flanks. Aspirants are staged at Base Camp waiting for the next weather window or resting after fixing ropes to 7000-meters.

Today was the last day of predicted winds low-enough to climb high. Mingma and Nirmal Purja put the fixed ropes to 7000-meters, top of the Black Pyramid. With a few weeks passed, let’s see where things stand

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, Nirmal Purja, and Snorri, and the Seven Summits Treks massive team arrived at base camp. I’ll update this post as I get fresh information today.

With a good weather window, three teams are on K2 today: Nirmal Purja, John Snorri Sigurjonsson with Muhammad Ali Sadpara and his son Sajid Ali and Mingma Gyalje Sherpa.

Nirmal Purja and his Sherpa team arrived at Base Camp and almost immediately announced they would fix the ropes on the Black Praymid. Could we see the first winter summit of K2 this week?