{"id":35848,"date":"2020-01-21T13:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=35848"},"modified":"2020-03-07T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T00:14:40","slug":"2019-20-winter-himalaya-climbs-arriving-at-k2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/21\/2019-20-winter-himalaya-climbs-arriving-at-k2\/","title":{"rendered":"2019\/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Arriving at K2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The K2 winter team is almost at base camp but has been slowed by deep snow. Excellent progress on Ama Dablam and Broad Peak and Jost on Everest is back at base camp after overnighting on the Lho La. Summits on the\u00a0Antarctica volcano Mt Sidely.<\/p>\n

Everest – Back to Base Camp<\/h2>\n

German alpinist Jost Kobusch<\/a><\/strong>, age 27, is back at Everest Base Camp according to his tracker<\/a>. His GPS coordinates map to 5,272 meters\/ 17,296 feet. His high thus far was 6146 meters \/ 20164 feet on the Lho La Pass where he planned to establish his Camps 1 and 2.\u00a0His photographer Daniel Hug has left thus Jost is truely climbing solo now. \u00a0You can track his location on this excellent map from 3D Reality Maps<\/a>. He posted on Facebook:<\/a><\/p>\n

There was a lot of new snowfall in the Basecamp!\u00a0❄<\/span><\/span>\u00a0However, the departure to camp one yesterday was without any problems.\u00a0I started the ascent only around noon to climb the huge serac leading to camp at night at low temperatures.\u00a0The ascent took 10 hours in total.\u00a0Nonstop.\u00a0Solo.\u00a0So today I will have a rest day in my bedroom (at 6060m)\u00a0😏<\/span><\/span>\u00a0, before I will open a new route to camp two tomorrow.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hug shared a photo he took from the helicopter on his way out of Jost high on the Lho La.<\/p>\n

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Jost Kobusch on Everest. Courtesy of Daniel Hug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I believe in the photo, Jost is approximately where the ‘J’ is on this map.<\/p>\n

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Jost Kobusch 2019\/20 Winter Everest Location. Courtesy of RealityMaps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In review, he plans on a winter, solo Everest climb without supplemental oxygen and no Sherpa support. This exact style has never been attempted or accomplished. Jost had acclimatized on other peaks including Amotsang (6,393m), Island Peak (6,186 meters) and Pachermo Peak (6,259 meters).<\/p>\n

Ama Dablam – Camp 1<\/h2>\n

Alex Txikon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and the team are climbing Ama Dablam Base. They will move to Everest for an attempt on the standard SE Ridge route after Ama.\u00a0His team includes Spaniard Oscar Cardo, Jonatan Garc\u00eda and Nepalese Sherpas Chhiji Nurbu Sherpa, Pechhumbe Sherpa, and Tenjen Sherpa. Txikon posted on Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Yesterday some members of the team climbed up to C1 for their first night at 5,400m. Ramon Portilla’s voice speaking on the radio from Base Camp bring us back to the documentaries he used to participate in. We grew to love mountaineering watching those shows!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

K2 – No Os\u00a0– Almost to BC, Despite Deep SNow<\/h2>\n

Mingma Gyalje Sherpa<\/a><\/strong>‘s Imagine Nepal<\/a> team arrived at Broad Peak Base Camp in deep snow. MIngma posted\u00a0:<\/p>\n

Today we reached Broad Peak Base Camp. I had problem with my net but it\u2019s fixed now and we will trek to K2 base Camp tomorrow. We had too much snow on our way so it took us more days fighting with snow to reach here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n