{"id":31265,"date":"2018-07-20T19:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T01:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=31265"},"modified":"2018-07-20T22:12:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T04:12:20","slug":"k2-2018-summer-coverage-k2-summits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/20\/k2-2018-summer-coverage-k2-summits\/","title":{"rendered":"K2 2018 Summer Coverage: K2 Summits &#8211; Update 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good day on K2 with many summits. \u00a0There are 31 summits thus far on 21 July Saturday 2018.\u00a0Seven Summits Treks clients have summited K2. They post:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<blockquote><p>Here are the list of successes summiteers:<\/p>\n<p>1. 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