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\"K2\"<\/a>Teams continue to make steady progress toward their respective base camps. They report conditions as hot which is no surprise as Pakistan is experiencing an extreme heat wave<\/a>. But Mike Horn<\/a> who is already at K2 Base Camp reports:<\/p>\n

Arrived at K2 base camp at 5000 meters. It is snowing and cold but everyone is doing well!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Russell Brice’s team is about half way there with a reported 397 porters! Actually this is not unusual as all the provisions for base camp and the climb must be transported by humans, not helicopters. We had a similar number of porters last year.<\/p>\n

David Tait,<\/a> who is a prolific blogger, posted about his trek:<\/p>\n

The under foot surface was a challenge at times, with deep sand; almost beach like conditions – quite a struggle. However, 5 1\/2 hours later I arrived at a patch of ground called Jolah. There is literally nothing here, but somehow this patch of ground has a name \u2013 thankfully for my story! Now as I write, our tents have been set and the patch now transformed by an army of workers. I am tempted to set up a time-elapse camera to record the effort, which will all be repeated again tomorrow night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But not everyone is having a smooth trip. Nick Rice<\/a> posted that he is till having difficulties getting his clearance for travel:<\/p>\n

…\u00a0 the clearance was still not received. I can only hope that the officer is present tomorrow and that the clearance is received in the morning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope the season will be safe with all the disparate weather conditions – hot and cold … bit this is what make K2 so difficult.<\/p>\n

Climb On!<\/p>\n

Alan<\/p>\n

Memories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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