{"id":38080,"date":"2021-01-20T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=38080"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T21:28:57","slug":"winter-k2-update-exclusive-interview-with-mingma-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/winter-k2-update-exclusive-interview-with-mingma-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter K2 Update:  Exclusive Interview with Mingma G."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was able to connect with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/climbermingma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mingma Gyalje Sherpa<\/a>\u00a0today as he arrived in Skardu from his K2 summit. The Pakistani government generously flew his three-person team from K2 Base Camp.<\/p>\n<p>He shared how the day unfolded. They left Camp 3 around 2:30 am on Saturday, January 16, 2021 in good weather. The winds began to pick up as they approach the location of traditional Camp 4 around 25,000-feet. They took a break at 5:00 am and tried to warm up.<\/p>\n<p>Mingma said he was extremely cold and ready to quit. He tried call one of his teammate, Dawa Tenjing, on the radio but couldn&#8217;t get through so he continued. He said it was good the call failed to connect because he would have stopped otherwise. After another two hours, now about 7, the sun rose and Minima said he began to warm up and pushed higher.<\/p>\n<p>I asked him to compare climbing in summer and winter. He spoke of hard packed snow and ice that made gaining purchase with crampons a bit easier than in summer with softer snow. He also mention they never feared avalanches. They had no problems fixing the rope through the Bottleneck and across the Traverse.<\/p>\n<p>The down-climb was straight forward using the fixed topes all the way to Camp 3<\/p>\n<p>He said the plan all along was for one person to not use supplemental oxygen. He said by the time he reached Camp 4 on summit day, he was extremely tired and decided to start using supplemental oxygen, also he had been very cold.<\/p>\n<p>They plan to return to Kathmandu next week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38064\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-38064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"Mingma G on K2 Summit\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/140073111_160084582305780_1953419469437832310_n-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mingma G on K2 Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, sincere congratulation to the Mingma and his nine fellow winter K2 summiteers.<\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n<h2>Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/reader-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share your opinion on the reader polls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aN5gtrkwgb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 30-minute documentary of Alan&#8217;s 2014 K2 Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Known GPS Trackers:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/atanasskatov.com\/new-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atanas Skatov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"John Snorri Sigurjonsson\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/8OR9H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">John Snorri Sigurjonsson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/juanpablomohr\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Magdalena Gorzkowska\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.findmespot.com\/s\/JCPZ#live\/assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener ugc\">Magdalena Gorzkowska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The traditional Camp locations are:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Base Camp: 17,500ft\/5334m<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Base Camp: 18,650ft\/5650m<\/li>\n<li>Camp 1: 19,965&#8217;\/6050m<\/li>\n<li>Camp 2: 22,110&#8217;\/6700m<\/li>\n<li>Camp 3: 23,760&#8217;\/7200m<\/li>\n<li>Camp 4: 25,080&#8217;\/7600m<\/li>\n<li>Summit: 28,251&#8221;\/8611<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was able to connect with Mingma Gyalje Sherpa\u00a0today as he arrived in Skardu from his K2 summit. 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