{"id":38163,"date":"2021-01-24T21:38:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T04:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=38163"},"modified":"2021-01-24T21:59:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T04:59:27","slug":"winter-k2-update-snorri-summit-push-status-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/24\/winter-k2-update-snorri-summit-push-status-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter K2 Update: Snorri Summit Push Status Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: I don’t like to report this as unverified, but a rescue is reported underway.<\/p>\n

John Snorri’s team was last reported at Camp 3 around 23,760’\/7200m but their Garmin GPS tracker<\/a> showed them at Camp 2 \u00a0at 22,110’\/6700m. After the significant promotion of his and the lauded Pakistani climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a>\u00a0and his son Sajid Ali<\/a>\u00a0, they and their home team have gone silent.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a> is said to have accurate posts, but there are reported fakes out there and we are hearing nothing from Snorri so take all “official” and “unofficial” updates cautiously:<\/p>\n

Wind is catching up. The team is at 6831m waiting out the weather and assessing the situation. More updates to come. They haven’t decided to go down yet!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My personal opinion is they are at C2, trapped by high winds and figuring out how to down climb – not go to the summit.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons for their potential dealy. They could be headed down and turn their tracker off for all we really know. \u00a0They could be trapped by high winds, as was reported by their home team. The batteries could have expired on their GPS tracker and\/or Sat phone to give updates, which is hard to believe for such a team. Or sadly something is going on they want to keep quiet until the end result is clear. Finally, they could have turned all the electronics off, to remove any outside pressure – something I would fully understand.<\/p>\n

They left Base Camp on Saturday planning to\u00a0top out on Monday, January 25, 2021, around 9 am. But were last reported to be holding at C3 (or C2) according to their home team’s social media but their GPS showed C2. At least one person, Sajid Ali Sadpara is not using supplemental oxygen, however, he said he would carry a bottle just in case.<\/p>\n

The team includes John Snorri Sigurjonsson<\/a> with Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a> and his son Sajid Ali<\/a> Climb On! Wishing the best.<\/p>\n

Climb On!
\nAlan
\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n

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