Teams are coming together that might make them stronger rather than fierce competitors. With all four teams losing some gear, the time has come to share extras, join forces and see if a winter summit can be accomplished, preferably without Os, and before the end of February.<\/p>\n
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Nim’s – Delayed<\/h3>\n
Nirmal Purja<\/a>\u00a0is off his heels after his initial reaction was one of devastation at losing a lot of gear cached at lower Camp 2, just under the Chimney. Now he seems willing to wait a bit:<\/p>\n Waking up to all the positive messages from you all this morning. Thank you all !\u00a0Setbacks are inevitable in life specially when you are pushing your limits and it should only make you become stronger.<\/p>\n As you may know (or may not), I always have a back up plan for a back up plan. I am just a bit gutted about missing another summit window. However, the plan is still ON and summit plan will be pushed a bit late in the season.<\/p>\n Today I will be regrouping with my team. We will need to do another heavy load carry to the higher camps just like last time but maybe a bit heavier. It will have to a bigger push this time. The plan is to complete fixing lines upto Camp 4, weather permitting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mingma\u00a0\u2018David\u2019\u00a0<\/em>Sherpa of Nim’s team told Dream Wunderlust that \u00a0“We are considering the meteorological winter till 28th<\/sup>\u00a0February.” when asked when they consider the end of winter, meteorological winter till 28th\u00a0<\/sup>February or astronomical winter till 20th<\/sup>\u00a0March<\/p>\n Mingma Gyalje Sherpa<\/a>\u00a0seems patient to wait it out:<\/p>\n We are waiting in Base camp for good weather to come. Weather forecast keeps on changing so we will stay here in base camp for more days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He is not 100% certain of his gear at traditional Camp 2, above House Chimney but said they stashed it all behind a rock wall (which is where we had our tent in 2014) and felt it was as sheltered as best it could be. He will know definitely when he or some else goes there.<\/p>\n John Snorri Sigurjonsson<\/a> with Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a> and his son Sajid Ali remains optimistic but cautious:<\/p>\n Seven Summits Trek’s<\/a> commercial team of 22 clients and 27 Sherpas in support is the wild card and as expected the team will move forward. Dawa posted:<\/p>\n We will know more over the next few days, the total extent of the damage There are almost seven weeks to the end of January and almost another month to March 21, so there is lots of time if the willpower remains strong. Spending another month, or longer in these conditions will take a toll.<\/p>\n Climb On! Resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n The winter K2 teams are regrouping after high winds destroyed Camp 2 just above and below House Chimney. For some, the question of when winter ends comes into play, the end of February or on the equinox on March 20, 2021. Regardless, the weather continues to play games with all the climbers. A few days of low winds followed by patches of hurricane breezes trapping anyone wherever they might be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28642,"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":"The winter K2 teams are regrouping after high winds destroyed Camp 2. 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Snorri – Hopeful<\/h3>\n
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Seven Summits Treks – Business as Usual, But Wary<\/h3>\n
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Standing By<\/h3>\n
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