{"id":32372,"date":"2019-02-10T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=32372"},"modified":"2019-04-06T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T18:28:13","slug":"2018-19-winter-climbs-k2-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/10\/2018-19-winter-climbs-k2-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"2018\/19 Winter Climbs: K2 Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excellent progress on K2 over the weekend with both teams moving well but more bad weather in the forecast including wind chills of -108F!!<\/p>\n

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K2: Progress and Waiting<\/h3>\n

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

Four climbers,\u00a0Abildaev, Aubakirov, Danichkin and\u00a0Pivtsov, of the\u00a0The Kazakhstan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan team\u00a0climbed above the Black Pyramid and left a cache of gear at 7,100-meters over the weekend. This was their high point thus far. They returned to Camp 2 and will return to base camp to wait out degrading weather.<\/p>\n

You can follow them on Instagram<\/a> but\u00a0Russian Climb<\/a>\u00a0and their site<\/a> are the best sources.<\/p>\n

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K2 Abruzzi Route Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K2: Spanish\/Galician Team –\u00a0<\/strong>Camp 1 Round Trip<\/b><\/p>\n

The other K2 team, lead by\u00a0Alex Txikon<\/a>\u00a0posted a nice update about their round trip climb to Camp 1<\/p>\n

As I told you yesterday, we will only risk what we can control. When we saw that the wind was still quite strong at the first camp and that in those conditions, it was impossible to continue equipping more, we decided to return to the Base Camp. It has helped us to prove ourselves and to see how long it takes us. We took our headlamps and went out at night, it took us 7 hours to get to Camp 1. We spent there a few hours at -40 degrees of thermal sensation, and we returned to the Base Camp. In total 16 hours, we are happy of doing it in that a short space of time. Therefore, it is important to respect the weather until the K2 gives us the chance to go up again. We are in winter and this is how the mountain works, but I wouldn\u00b4t change it for anything else.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

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Climbing the Black Pyramid on K2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winter\u00a0Nanga Parbat – Holding<\/h3>\n

Daniele Nardi, and British Thomas Ballard continue to wait out weather at base camp. They are attempting the Mummery\u2019s Spur.<\/p>\n

You can follow them on their sponsors site,<\/a>\u00a0Montane.<\/p>\n

Climb On!
\nAlan
\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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