Madison Mountaineering <\/a>updated their K2 summit plans:<\/p>\n Today is July 13th, and we had a nice rest day in base camp.\u00a0 All of our Sherpas have come down off the mountain from carrying loads and fixing ropes to Camp 4 on the Shoulder of the Cesen route.\u00a0 And our plan is to review our oxygen systems tomorrow and start packing up for our summit attempt.\u00a0 Our plan is to leave on the 16th of July to head up to Camp 2 on the Cesen route in hopes for a potential summit attempt on the 19th of July.\u00a0 Everybody\u2019s doing great here, we\u2019ve got nice weather in base camp, and we look forward to another great day tomorrow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mingma Sherpa’s\u00a0<\/a>team is also on:<\/p>\n Today our Sherpa team is in camp3 and tomorrow morning they will go to camp4 with rope for fixing summit to support team from Abruzzi and also transfer our load to camp4.\u00a0Half of members are in camp2 now and will climb to camp3 tomorrow and remaining members will climb up to camp2 tomorrow from base camp. All is well and weather is pretty good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Adrian Ballinger<\/a>,\u00a0Carla Perez<\/a>\u00a0and Ecuadoran Topo Mena<\/a> just spent 6 days up high on the \u010cesen and are headed back up on Saturday, July 13. They are preparing their bodies for a no O’s summit attempt later in July, probably the week of July 21. AB posted yesterday:<\/p>\n Two days of rest? Plenty!!! Time to head back up the hill in this incredible high pressure system still sitting over the Karakorum. While many will be attempting the summit this week, we need another acclimatization rotation. Planning 5 days up high, including a night at 25500ft\/7800m. It\u2019s gonna hurt, just like it\u2019s meant to!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The team of Seven Summit Treks<\/a>\u00a0posted their plan to push for the summit of K2 on 17th July. Got an update from Fredrik Str\u00e4ng<\/a>\u00a0that he is on his summit bid as expected with the other climbers:<\/p>\n It’s time for K2 summit push. Early tomorrow I’m heading up to C-2 then hopefully no later than Friday I will have internet again and you’ll know how it was He was climbing with\u00a0David Roeske<\/a>\u00a0but no update if he is with Fredrik on this push. Mike Horn<\/a> is also joining this window:<\/p>\n And finally the time we have been waiting for has arrived! Tomorrow we plan on starting our summit push. We have a clear weather window over the next couple of days, which should give us enough time to make it to the summit and back in good conditions.\u00a0The ascent will take us about 2-3 days. We will stop in the camps that we have set up along the way to rest and recharge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Honestly, it looks like all the teams at base camp will join this effort including Adventure Peaks<\/a>.<\/p>\n The major teams left would include Nirmal Purja<\/a>\u00a0who is on GI &II; He posted:<\/p>\n Since, I have summited NangaParbat, it\u2019s been non stop from travelling via road and also trekking both days and night skipping camps in order to hit the timeline. We came through hundreds of problems from vehicle getting struck with mechanical problems, road blocks,and our donkeys were never been able to catch up or cover the ground at the same speed ( generally 5 hrs behind each day ). After experiencing this for 2 days, I came up with a plan that we would carry our full climbing kit by ourselves in order to cover the ground and make the time line. Everyone whom we have met across the journey were shocked when they found out we skipped 3 camps at this altitude carrying heavy gears. After summiting Nanga Parbat he had accomplished seven of his goal of all 14 8000ers within 7 months. He summited Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kangchenjunga, Makalu, Everest, and Lhotse in April and May. Hopefully this good weather will last into next week allowing them to run over and nab K2. I wouldn’t be surprised to Ballinger and Nirmal Purja team up on K2. I’m unclear when he expects to get Broad Peak.<\/p>\n Lydia Bradey<\/a>\u00a0reported that\u00a0Billi Bierling<\/a>,Dean Staples<\/a> with the Kobler & Partner<\/a> team and many others over 15, all \u00a0summited BP. It’s unclear how many didn’t use supplemental oxygen but all were hoping to.<\/p>\n Karakorum Expeditions<\/a>\u00a0reported that\u00a0Benjamin Chan, 19 years old and the youngest climber from Hong Kong, along with KE’s youngest guide Ahmed Baig 20 years old from Shimshal, Hunza summited Broad Peak on 14th July, 2019. Also Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif, 17 years old, \u00a0along with his guide Akbar are said to have summited on 14 July according to Fareed Gujjar<\/a><\/span>\u00a0owner of\u00a0The Trekkerz Xpress<\/a>.<\/p>\n Turkish climber and North Face sponsored climber Tunc Findic made his 13th summit of an 8000er on GI. He only has Nanga Parbat left.<\/p>\n Matthew Randall & Matt Gorbett<\/a>\u00a0are on their summit push hoping to ski down.\u00a0Denis Urubko<\/a>\u00a0and Pipi Cardell<\/a>\u00a0are on a new route on GII. No recent updates.\u00a0Also, Marco Confortola\u00a0with\u00a0Ali Durani have\u00a0competed two rotations and are back at base camp.<\/p>\nK2 Abruzzi: Summit Bid Underway<\/h2>\n
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\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span> Weather is exceptionally good (my friend Max said: the weather is worryingly good!) so now health is really the only true opponent as I’ve lost a lot of weight and strength due to a hellish viral infection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nFinally, when we reached Concordia, we found 3 porters to help us and it was like thank god as we couldn\u2019t feel our feet any more at this point.
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\nSolving all these problem, I have now finally arrive at the G1 & G2 base camp last night with my climbing partners @mingma_david_sherpa & @geljen_sherpa_ .
\nTonight we will head up for the summit push and I\u2019m looking to complete G1, G2 and K2 within a week. “Insallah \u201c<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBroad Peak – Summits<\/h2>\n
GI &II – More Planned<\/h2>\n