{"id":21271,"date":"2015-07-04T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T22:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=21271"},"modified":"2016-03-29T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T11:56:17","slug":"k2-2015-coverage-avalanches-and-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/04\/k2-2015-coverage-avalanches-and-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"K2 2015 Coverage: Avalanches and Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21273\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/04\/k2-2015-coverage-avalanches-and-progress\/mvi_2158-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-21273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MVI_2158-225x169.jpg\" alt=\"K2 Base Camp Avalanche\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 K2 Base Camp Avalanche in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The earthquake,   100 miles northeast of K2 apparently had no impact on the climbers throughout the Karakorum. I&#8217;m sure those who were on Everest this past spring had a bit of a flashback if they felt the ground moving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtait.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Tait<\/a> provided some impressions of the avalanche off K2 as he was in his tent at Base Camp when it occurred:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As I hauled on my clothes,\u00a0I reflected on the previous, avalanche prone afternoon. At one point a huge chunk of ice, part of a gigantic, threatening serac some 1000m above the foot of the  \u010cesen route had let go and plunged vertically into the valley below \u2013 directly across the route I had used the previous day to ascend to and descend from C1. I heard the roar, leapt from my tent and gazed in horrified awe and an immense ice cloud ballooned across the valley. The foot of the  \u010cesen is a good 45-minute trudge from our BC, but it soon became obvious that this gigantic cloud of snow, ice and impact wind would certainly reach and \u201cdust\u201d BC despite this distance! I had no time to grab my big camera, but had my iPhone [music] to hand and snapped off a few shots before the diving into my tent as the mini snowstorm gale hit us and soaked everything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This location is a usual suspect for avalanches and was frequent occurrences in 2014. The picture attached is one I took last year from K2 Base Camp. This is the full video:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MVI_2158.mp4\">2014 K2 Base Camp Avalanche in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1170px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21271-1\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MVI_2158.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MVI_2158.mp4\">http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MVI_2158.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>So, the work of climbing goes on as the teams are working to move higher as they adjust their bodies to the high altitude.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: I will be climbing Mt. Rainier in the Washington State, US next week so updates will be limited. You can follow my climb at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alanarnettepage\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alanarnettepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<\/p>\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n<p>Memories are Everything<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The earthquake, 100 miles northeast of K2 apparently had no impact on the climbers throughout the Karakorum. I&#8217;m sure those who were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Avalanches are common near K2 Base Camp. 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