More big winds and snow are causing slow, if any, progress on these two Pakistan 8000-meter peaks. One teams feels they might not go for the summit until early march.<\/p>\n
K2: Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan Team – More Money<\/strong><\/p>\n The Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan team has received a boost in funding from their sponsor allowing three new members to join the team. Originally there were 11 members but due to lack of funds it was reduced to 7. Now\u00a0three Kazakh climbers: Ildar Gabbassov, Ahat Smailov and Amaner Temirbaev will join the team. While they are not acclimatized, they are fresh legs that hopefully can help get the camps set.<\/p>\n However, more high winds that were not forecasted kept the teams working hard today.\u00a0One group got to C2 and another left gear 5,700-meters after giving up on reaching C1 and descended to ABC. Thus far they have climbed to just under House Chimney at 6,500-meters where they found a lot of trash – tent fragments, oxygen bottles, etc. They assumed it was left by the large commercial teams this past year.<\/p>\n You can follow them on Instagram<\/a> but\u00a0Russian Climb<\/a>\u00a0and their site<\/a> are the best sources.<\/p>\n K2: Spanish\/Galician Team –\u00a0<\/strong>Planning to Move<\/b><\/p>\n The other K2 team, lead by\u00a0Alex Txikon,<\/a>\u00a0is looking to move up and feels the weather is improving. They currently have gear cached at C2. One member, Polish climber Pawe\u0142 Dunaj, did attempt to go to C1 today but\u00a0also gave up with the poor weather.\u00a0There continues to be no cooperation with the International team for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n You can follow their movements\u00a0on Alex’s\u00a0GPS tracker<\/a>, \u00a0Twitter<\/a>, \u00a0Instagram<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Daniele Nardi, and British Thomas Ballard continue to fight the weather – wind and snow. While they make trips to C1 and C2 to uncover and\/or look for tents, the conditions are holding them at base camp for the most part. They had established Camp 3 at 5,714-meters with a cache of gear.\u00a0I continue to expect go\/no go decision soon. They are attempting the Mummery\u2019s Spur.<\/p>\nWinter\u00a0Nanga Parbat – Holding<\/h3>\n