{"id":32110,"date":"2019-01-15T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=32110"},"modified":"2019-01-15T15:55:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:55:27","slug":"2018-19-winter-climbs-at-k2-base-camp-climbing-nanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/15\/2018-19-winter-climbs-at-k2-base-camp-climbing-nanga\/","title":{"rendered":"2018\/19 Winter Climbs: At K2 Base Camp, Climbing Nanga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the K2 teams arrived at base camp but poor weather is already hindering progress. Climbing is going well on Nanga Parbat, but also some weather concerns.<\/p>\n<h3>K2: At Base Camp<\/h3>\n<p><strong>K2: Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan Team &#8211; at BC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The seven member team from Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan arrived at K2 Base Camp in good condition. They tried to do a recon to Advanced Base Camp, a short walk from BC, but turned back when they hit poor weather.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/winterk2exp2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/russianclimb.com\/k2winter\/2019\/press_release_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian Climb<\/a>\u00a0is the best source.<\/p>\n<p><strong>K2: Spanish\/Galician Team &#8211; At\u00a0Concordia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other K2 team, lead by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alex.txikon.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Txikon,<\/a>\u00a0are at Concordia enjoying great views of K2. They should arrive tomorrow, January 16. A third Polish climber,\u00a0\u00a0<a id=\"js_to\" class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/waldemar.kowalewski.3?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&amp;eid=ARA7IT9QfLgPJvi4__1-CpHSau6pG-S8seWqbuuCp8JrgHM-bZL6f6Dt8rzhx_WwYZQafB67fWEaROIQ&amp;fref=mentions\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=100000248829846&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARA7IT9QfLgPJvi4__1-CpHSau6pG-S8seWqbuuCp8JrgHM-bZL6f6Dt8rzhx_WwYZQafB67fWEaROIQ%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"u_t_1\" aria-owns=\"\">Waldemar Kowalewski<\/a>, is joining their team and is on the trek in.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow their movements\u00a0on Alex&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/racetracker.es\/rtc\/track_34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPS tracker<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexTxikon\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alextxikon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alex.txikon.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter\u00a0Nanga Parbat &#8211; Poor Weather<\/h3>\n<p>This team of Daniele Nardi, British Thomas Ballard and two Pakistani teammates Rehmatullah Baig and Karim are back at Camp 3 at 5,714m with a cache of gear. They found their tents buried in deep snow and had to dig them out &#8211; hard work at that altitude.\u00a0They are attempting the Mummery\u2019s Spur.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter Manaslu &#8211; At Manaslu BC<\/h3>\n<p>Simone Moro and\u00a0Pemba Gyalje Sherpa are now at Manaslu base camp after summiting Mera Peak for acclimatization.<\/p>\n<h3>Winter Alaska &#8211; Over<\/h3>\n<p>American climber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonniedupre.com\/blog?fbclid=IwAR1Y4sS6Lb1vSU87BJNinZZi-ezi163X-sTFYdXZ1OJpSVuiKVf6IEvZ0zU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lonnie Dupre<\/a> is back in\u00a0Talkeetna, Alaska after giving up on his MT. Hunter attempt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the ice fall leading to the Ramen route on Mount Hunter completely impassable this year, I explored an alternate route which proved to have a high risk of serac falls and avalanches. I called for a pickup at basecamp and am now in Talkeetna. More to follow&#8230;pictures, video, and future ice climbing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Best of luck to all this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the K2 teams arrived at base camp but poor weather is already hindering progress. Climbing is going well on Nanga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"One of the K2 teams arrived at base camp but poor weather is already hindering progress. 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