{"id":32093,"date":"2019-01-11T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T23:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=32093"},"modified":"2019-01-12T09:24:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:24:47","slug":"2018-19-winter-climbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/11\/2018-19-winter-climbs\/","title":{"rendered":"2018\/19 Winter Climbs: Trekking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a lot of new information from any of the teams. The K2 teams are still on the trek and others are still early in their climbs.<\/p>\n

K2: Trekking to Base Camp<\/h3>\n

K2: Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan Team – Trekking the Baltoro<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seven member team from Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan are trekking towards K2 Base Camp. They are currently at the Urdukas Camp.<\/p>\n

You can follow them on Instagram<\/a> but\u00a0Russian Climb<\/a>\u00a0is the best source.<\/p>\n

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Trek to K2 Base Cmap. Courtesy of Jake Meyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K2: Spanish\/Galician Team – Trekking the Baltoro<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other K2 team, lead by\u00a0Alex Txikon,<\/a>\u00a0are also trekking the Baltoro Glacier towards K2 Base Camp and at Paiyu.<\/p>\n

You can follow their movements\u00a0on Alex’s\u00a0GPS tracker<\/a>, \u00a0Twitter<\/a>, \u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Winter\u00a0Nanga Parbat – Poor Weather<\/h3>\n

This team is attempting a new route\u00a0on Mummery\u2019s Spur. \u00a0Daniele Nardi, British Thomas Ballard and two Pakistani teammates Rehmatullah Baig and Karim have\u00a0established Camp 3 at 5,714m.<\/p>\n

Winter Manaslu – Cold and Windy Mera<\/h3>\n

Simone Moro and\u00a0Pemba Gyalje Sherpa summited Mera Peak and now are at Khare. They posted a video<\/a> talking about how cold it was. “Back to CB after a night spent at 5800 m. Here in the video we\u2019re descending in complete whiteout. The weather forecast for the next days is strong wind at 130 kph. \u00a0”<\/p>\n

Winter Alaska – Flying<\/h3>\n

American climber Lonnie Dupre<\/a> is in\u00a0Talkeetna, Alaska is on MT. Hunter now but had to change route due to the Icefall being “completely impassable” with all the crevasses.<\/p>\n

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Best of luck to all this winter.<\/p>\n

Climb On!
\nAlan
\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n

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