{"id":31243,"date":"2018-07-19T18:29:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=31243"},"modified":"2018-07-19T18:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T00:33:39","slug":"k2-2018-summer-coverage-k2-summit-push-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/k2-2018-summer-coverage-k2-summit-push-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"K2 2018 Summer Coverage: K2 Summit Push Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it looks like the heavy snow a couple days ago did delay some K2 teams on their summit push with most of the K2 teams have delayed their ascent schedule by one day. It looks like Friday and Saturday will be the big days followed by another push in about a week &#8211; if the weather holds. The heavy snow on Wednesday came as a bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n<h3>K2 &#8211; Summits Not on Thursday, but Maybe Friday and Probably Saturday?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100005045050899&amp;fref=mentions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawa Sherpa<\/a>\u00a0of Seven Summits Treks (SST) says their plans have changed due to weather:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SST team changed the plan, we scheduled 20th for final rope fixing and 21st summit push<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> with members.<br \/>\nAll team members are safe in higher camps!! <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mingma-David-Sherpa-1808836869376009\/?fref=mentions\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=1808836869376009&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Mingma David Sherpa<\/a> (leading member of Elite himalayan adventures) and Mingma Tenjen Sherpa are now, fixing rope above Camp 4 (7800m), rest of sherpa are in C4, and members + some sherpas are in Camp 3.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitclimb.com\/news\/recent\/karakoram-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summit Climb<\/a>&#8216;s said their team was on their push hoping to summit Friday, 20 July which is doubtful since SST is fixing the ropes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseK2expedition2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese<\/a> team reported in on Thursday 19 July that &#8220;all of the eight members who attempt summit push are staying at Camp 3.&#8221; he K2 skier,\u00a0<a class=\"_64-f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Jedrek.Bargiel\/\">Andrzej Bargiel<\/a>\u00a0is lookinng to summit on 21 July noting, &#8220;I&#8217;m on my way to camp ii on the way road where <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JanuszGolabAlpinist\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=519212824906547\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Janusz Go\u0142\u0105b-8A Team<\/a> is waiting for me, and tomorrow morning, we&#8217;re going to the entrance to the summit is planning on July 21th. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasonblack.ie\/k2-irish-expedition-2018-day-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Black <\/a>reported that the Madison team was returning to K2 base camp after a difficult night with the heavy snow, but later\u00a0<span id=\"fb-timeline-cover-name\" class=\"_2t_q\" data-testid=\"profile_name_in_profile_page\"><a class=\"_2nlw _2nlv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100008629062599\">Lisa Thompson<\/a> posted via her Garmin InReach<\/span> they would hold on and stay at C2. Nothing official from <a href=\"https:\/\/madisonmountaineering.com\/dispatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison Mountaineering<\/a> as of this post.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_64-f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/furtenbachadventures\/\">Furtenbach Adventures<\/a>\u00a0will begin their climb in a few days after their successful Broad Peak summit. 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