{"id":38349,"date":"2021-02-04T17:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T00:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=38349"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:38:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T00:38:04","slug":"winter-k2-update-summit-push-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/04\/winter-k2-update-summit-push-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter K2 Update: Summit Push Update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Fog of Climbing.&#8221; Sometimes getting precise information is difficult. John Snorri&#8217;s wife now tells me John is nearing the summit and is at 8100-meters, only 500-meters from the summit. However, she is going off the data from the tracker. His GPS track is crisscrossing above Camp 3. This happens occasionally with these trackers. We do know for sure several climbers have turned back and other seem to be not moving from Camp 3. The &#8220;fog&#8221; should clear in a few hours<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38355\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/8OR9H?fbclid=IwAR37DDRk4zUGeFMBbEB7y9jH1fjtJrdkojq02VcMTEXDjWnatebeW6MDQGc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-640x319.jpg\" alt=\"John Snorri K2 Track 4 Feb\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-640x319.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-2048x1022.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-1000x499.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-230x115.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-350x175.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Snorri-K2-Track-4-Feb-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Snorri K2 Track 4 Feb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Remember that the January 16 summit team had to navigate around a large crevasse just pout of Camp 3, so this zig-zagging could be that or just a bad GPS connection. The weather forecast keeps pulling the winds in earlier than before. It looks like they will be down climbing in some tough conditions on Saturday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Latest Status: 5:00 am K2 Time &#8211; Summit Soon?<\/h3>\n<p>It appears these are the remaining climbers attempting to summit as of 5:00 am K2 time:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No O&#8217;s (last reported holding at C3)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto<\/li>\n<li>Tamara Lunger<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Iceland\/Pakistan team<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Snorri Sigurjonsson<\/li>\n<li>Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/li>\n<li>Sajid Ali Sadpara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seven Summits Trekking Logistics<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Noel Hanna<\/li>\n<li>Bernhard Lippert with\u00a0Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa<\/li>\n<li>Tomasz Rotar<\/li>\n<li>Bernhard Lippert<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Josette Valloton with\u00a0<\/span>Temba Bhote\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seven Summits Trekking Sherpas<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Lhakpa Temba Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Mingma Temba\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Lakpa Dendi\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Phurbu Kusang\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Pasang Dukpa\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Pastemba\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<li>Temba Bhote\u00a0Sherpa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Multiple Sherpas are reporting frostbite.\u00a0Thus far these climbers have turned back today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colin O&#8217;Brady<\/li>\n<li>Antonios Sykaris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now confirmed that there was a tent shortage at C3.\u00a0Update from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/14x8000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Atanas Skatov<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0home team:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nasko safely arrived at Camp 3 around 18:30 local time. We hope the window, which is quite short to keep. Forecast tomorrow at 10:00 pm the wind is expected to increase, which is why the summit attack will start tonight probably around 23:00 pm. (20:00 pm) Bulgarian time).\u00a0Unfortunately, we have found out that there is a problem with camp 3 tents that are insufficient as a number, but so far everything is fine.\u00a0In case Nasko contacts us, we will try to update the information we have.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"_7UhW9 fKFbl yUEEX KV-D4 fDxYl \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antonios_sykaris\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antonios Sykaris<\/a> provided this update:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Antonis decided not to continue his effort for the top as he is currently experiencing frostbite, possibly grade 3 on his toes, as well as he was informed that the weather is changing and making his effort prohibitive. Specifically he told us: &#8220;&#8221; I got here with a lot of mental and physical effort. Most sherpas have frostbite and we all try to repair the damage. Unfortunately my sleeping bag is at C2 and I will have to stay at 7440m all night at -38 C. &#8220;4 people from the whole team have started but 2 have returned due to the cold.&#8221; We will inform you about anything new.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\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 href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/PasangNorbuSherpaK2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Passang Norbuu Sherpa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The traditional K2 Camp locations are:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Fog of Climbing&#8221; Sometimes getting precise information is difficult. John Snorri&#8217;s wife now tells me John is nearing the summit and is at 8100-meters, only 500-meters from the summit. However, she is going off the data from the tracker. His GPS track is crisscrossing above Camp 3. This happens occasionally with these trackers. We do know for sure several climbers have turned back and other seem to be not moving from Camp 3. The &#8220;fog&#8221; should clear in a few hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38288,"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,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Winter K2 Update: Summit Soon? 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