{"id":21228,"date":"2015-06-23T19:02:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T01:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=21228"},"modified":"2015-06-23T19:02:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T01:02:22","slug":"k2-2015-coverage-trekking-the-baltoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/23\/k2-2015-coverage-trekking-the-baltoro\/","title":{"rendered":"K2 2015 Coverage: Trekking the Baltoro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/02\/k2-summer-climbs-and-more\/karakorum_2006_777\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/karakorum_2006_777-225x169.jpg\" alt=\"K2\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/><\/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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-33236067\" target=\"_blank\"> heat wave<\/a>. But <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exploremikehorn\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Horn<\/a> who is already at K2 Base Camp reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Arrived at K2 base camp at 5000 meters. It is snowing and cold but everyone is doing well!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Russell Brice&#8217;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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtait.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Tait,<\/a> who is a prolific blogger, posted about his trek:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The under foot surface was a challenge at times, with deep sand; almost beach like conditions &#8211; 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<p>But not everyone is having a smooth trip. <a href=\"http:\/\/dispatches.nickrice.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Rice<\/a> posted that he is till having difficulties getting his clearance for travel:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;\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<p>I hope the season will be safe with all the disparate weather conditions &#8211; hot and cold &#8230; bit this is what make K2 so difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<\/p>\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n<p>Memories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teams continue to make steady progress toward their respective base camps. 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