The winter 8000-meter teams are well on their way to their respective peaks. On Nanga Parbat, the climbing has begun.<\/p>\n
K2: Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan Team – Arrival\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The seven member team from Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan are in Skardu after taking a bus on Karakoram Highway for 30 hours. It seems there was some construction and repairs along the way that delayed their progress but all is well now.\u00a0Next up is the 8 to 10 hour drive in Toyota 4Runners to the end of the road in Askole where they will being the trek to K2 Base Camp.<\/p>\n You can follow them on Instagram<\/a> but\u00a0Russian Climb<\/a>\u00a0is the best source.<\/p>\n K2: Spanish\/Galician Team – On the road<\/strong><\/p>\n The other K2 team, lead by\u00a0Alex Txikon,<\/a>\u00a0are also in Skardu. While no final decision has been made on which route they will take, it appears they are open the 1978 American Route. Also, Txikon told the Spanish media, Marca<\/a> in December that if they end up on the same route as the Russian International team,\u00a0most likely the Abruzzi, that they will work together. He said they will share kitchen facilities at base camp.<\/p>\n He also said “K2, there is less chance than on Everest” for a winter summit and suggested he will return in the summer of 2019 to do a traverse of K2 combing the Pakistani and Chinese sides.<\/p>\n You can follow their movements\u00a0on Alex’s\u00a0GPS tracker<\/a>, \u00a0Twitter<\/a>, \u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n This team is attempting a new route\u00a0on Mummery\u2019s Spur. After a short period of heavy snow, Daniele Nardi, British Thomas Ballard and two Pakistani teammates Rehmatullah Baig and Karim have\u00a0established their Camp 1 at 15,49-feet\/4,700-meters , and touched Camp 2 at 16,730-feet\/5,100-meters<\/p>\n They posted this video on YouTube<\/p>\nWinter\u00a0Nanga Parbat – Poor Weather<\/h3>\n