{"id":39765,"date":"2021-07-04T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T22:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=39765"},"modified":"2021-07-14T21:19:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T03:19:01","slug":"k2-2021-summer-coverage-poor-weather-slows-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/04\/k2-2021-summer-coverage-poor-weather-slows-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"K2 2021 Summer Coverage: Poor Weather Slows Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor weather in the Karakorum has slowed climbing as the base camps continue to fill up with new teams. However, progress continues with the fixed ropes reaching low camps on several of the 8000ers and some climbers have spent multiple nights there already. That said, not a lot of new news this past week.<\/p>\n<p>There appear to be four teams currently at K2 Base Camp (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQiKo53pbU5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Adventure<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/madisonmountaineering.com\/dispatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison Mountaineering<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karakorumexpedition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karakorum Expeditions<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sajidali.sadpara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sajid Ali Sadpara<\/a>\u00a0small team searching for his father and two teammates lost last winter). Another team,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamzimmerman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graham Zimmerman<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianwelsted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ian Welsted<\/a>, are on the\u00a0<span class=\"\">Savoia Glacier for the West Ridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other teams on some of the other 8000ers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spanish Team: Nanga Parbat<\/li>\n<li>Broad Peak:\u00a0Don Bowie, Lotta Hintsa plus many of the K2 climbers who will \u201cacclimitze\u201d there<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluskytours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Sky<\/a> Czech Republic &amp; Slovakia: GI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sherpa Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American Garett Madison, with an 8 person team supported by an equal amount of Sherpas. His team has climbers from America, Britain, and Ukraine. \u00a0He sent me this picture of their arrival at K2 Base Camp on Saturday, July 3<\/p>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper kgvid_wrapper_auto_left kgvid_wrapper_auto_right\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:&quot;39766&quot;,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;480&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;fixed_aspect&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;start_complete&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alanarnette.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/summitcoach-e1483568572550.jpg&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:false,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;K2 Base Camp July 3 2021 Courtesy of Garrett Madison&quot;,&quot;skip_buttons&quot;:[],&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K2-Base-Camp-July-3-2021-COurtesy-of-Garrett-Madison_thumb1.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K2-Base-Camp-July-3-2021-COurtesy-of-Garrett-Madison.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K2-Base-Camp-July-3-2021-COurtesy-of-Garrett-Madison.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"K2 Base Camp July 3 2021 Courtesy of Garrett Madison\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"K2 Base Camp July 3 2021 Courtesy of Garrett Madison\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-07-03T14:58:09-06:00\">\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K2-Base-Camp-July-3-2021-COurtesy-of-Garrett-Madison_thumb1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/K2-Base-Camp-July-3-2021-COurtesy-of-Garrett-Madison.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"848p\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kgvid_below_video\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_below\"><div class=\"kgvid-viewcount\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_viewcount\">691 views<\/div><div class=\"kgvid-caption\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_caption\">K2 Base Camp July 3 2021 Courtesy of Garrett Madison<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover \">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span id='video_kgvid_0_title' class='kgvid_title'>K2 Base Camp July 3 2021 Courtesy of Garrett Madison<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Garrett gave this <a href=\"https:\/\/madisonmountaineering.com\/dispatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a>. You can follow the Madison team&#8217;s progress on their <a href=\"https:\/\/advtech.rainon.com\/Mountain?tripID=8184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We arrived at K2 base camp yesterday and today just had a nice rest day settling in and finishing building our camp.\u00a0 We took showers, had a nice breakfast, lunch and actually got some good Internet connection with the cell tower down at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concordia_(Karakoram)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concordia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our plan is to take a few more rest days here, do our <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhist_devotion#Offering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puja ceremony<\/a>, and get ready for our first rotation up to Camps I and II.\u00a0 Everybody\u2019s doing well here, we\u2019re just so happy and grateful that things worked out for us to come to Pakistan and go on this expedition.\u00a0 We got to base camp in record time and things are going great.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also with Garrett is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQ1FypBj6At\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenton Cool<\/a> guiding a client and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mountexpeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Gupta<\/a> also with a client. Jon told me directly:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is my first time in Pakistan &amp; I\u2019m absolutely blown away! Wow! Everything is so big &amp; so steep. We got to see K2 for the first time yesterday&#8230;ooofffff looks epic!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQiKo53pbU5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Adventure<\/a>\u00a0is supporting the Ukraine team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alpomania.team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpomania<\/a>. The Pioneer team includes \u00a0Lakpa Sherpa, Mingma Dorchi Sherpa, plus Sanu Sherpa, Pemba R. Sherpa, Chhiring N. Sherpa, Mingma D. Sherpa (Saila), Pemba D. Sherpa, Lakpa G. Sherpa, and Tashi Sherpa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pakistani Supported<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29140\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/K2-Abruzzi-Route-Map-1-225x169.jpg\" alt=\"K2 Abruzzi Route Map\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/K2-Abruzzi-Route-Map-1-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/K2-Abruzzi-Route-Map-1-297x225.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K2 Abruzzi Route Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pakistani operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karakorumexpedition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karakorum Expeditions<\/a>\u00a0lead by Mirza Ali\u2019s has eleven clients on K2 and Broad Peak supported by 22 Pakistani climbers. European mountain guides Austrian <a href=\"http:\/\/stephan-keck.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephan Keck<\/a> and Spaniard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jtosas.com\/index_eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jordi Tosas<\/a>\u00a0is leading the five-person Pakistani rope team. Mirza Ali gave this update on Sunday, July 4, 2021, that the ropes reached C2 on K2:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"\" title=\"Edited\">Very satisfying!!! <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karakorumexpeditions\/\">@karakorumexpeditions<\/a>K2 rope fixing team in a very challenging weather conditions fixed rope till camp 2, the team started at 8 am this morning despite heavy fresh snow,from camp 1, the team continued the hard job, by 4PM they fixed rope to camp 2!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s truly remarkable job done in this very extremely bad weather conditions<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the foreigners on the team is Greek\u00a0Fotis Theocharis. He is making his <a href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/fotis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a> public. Also on the team are Anne Bialek and Victor Sans.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sajidali.sadpara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sajid Ali Sadpara<\/a>\u00a0who will be searching for evidence of his father, Muhammad Ali Sadpara, and perhaps a summit last winter, after he with teammates Icelander John Snorri Sigurjonsson and Chilean Juan Pablo Mohr, went missing on their summit bid. They were presumed dead after a few weeks. \u00a0Pakistan&#8217;s Jasmine Tours&#8217; Asghar Ali Porik is providing logistic support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/10\/k2-2021-interview-with-graham-zimmerman-west-ridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a> American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamzimmerman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graham Zimmerman<\/a> last month about his K2 West Ridge attempt with Candian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianwelsted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ian Welsted<\/a>. This route has never been 100% completed.<\/p>\n<div class=\" Igw0E IwRSH eGOV_ _4EzTm ItkAi \"><span class=\"Jv7Aj mArmR MqpiF \"><a class=\"sqdOP yWX7d _8A5w5 ZIAjV \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ianwelsted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Welsted<\/a>\u00a0gave this most recent update from K2 Base Camp:<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\" Igw0E IwRSH eGOV_ _4EzTm ItkAi \"><span class=\"\">The crowds in the Baltoro are new to me, always having been to more obscure corners of the Karakorum. It is amazing to see the allure of the normal routes on the 8000ers.\u00a0K2 basecamp, bottom right, is taking shape, while we have pitched ourselves bottom left, heading toward the Savoia Glacier, and our objective, the West Ridge, here swathed in cloud in the upper centre.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Belguim duoa of Jeff Spelman and Niels Jespers will be on K2 sans Os.<\/p>\n<h2>And the Other 8000ers<\/h2>\n<p>Going for a 3fer is French climber\u00a0Serge Hardy looking at Broad Peak, GI, and GII according to <em>Montagnes\u00a0<\/em>magazine.<\/p>\n<h3>Gasherbrum I\/II<\/h3>\n<p>32-year-old Pakistani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPqWGZSrSrr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sirbaz Kahn <\/a>\u00a0going for GI and GII made this post a few days ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sirbaz khan on mission summit 14, leading the Pakistani expedition to\u00a0Mt GASHEBRUM II with Apo Ali Raza Sadpara, and three young climbers Naila Kiani , Fatima Gul and Sohail Sakhi.\u00a0Reached base camp safe and sound. Tomorrow pushing to the Advance base camp.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Looking to ski down G&#8217;s, is the French team of Boris Langensteina and Tiphaine Duperier with Aurelia Lanoe and Guillaume Pierrel. And well-known\u00a0Italian Marco Confortola will attempt Gasherbrum I, with five teammates. Lluis Cortadellas will assist this team. Iran mountaineers Arman Shahpari and Milad Keshavarzi are also aiming for the G&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marco_confortola_official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marco<\/a>&#8216;s home team posted on IG:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>his team returned to C1, the climb to C2 was interrupted by a snowstorm and poor visibility. They will spend the night at C1 and tomorrow morning according to the conditions they will decide whether to continue tracking towards<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Nanga Parbat<\/h3>\n<p>No updates from the Spanish team led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manuelgonzalezdiazlolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manuel Gonzalez<\/a>\u00a0 on Naga this summer with Enrique Osiel, I\u00f1igo Delgado, Sergio Carrascoso, and Carlos Santafe. They intend to repeat Reinhold Messner climb of the Diamir Face.<\/p>\n<h3>Broad Peak<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Karakorumexpeditions\/?__cft__[0]=AZXvs8KcCeUBEWkj1es5S1S0ij6X39ZsdOqUN0uxSIabNiZ4VRxZhH-Ii-ZnX_kkRD7Er7FiGn92KvNevmzL2Og9HWyl8Wuipoy4ZdaIPdFupZUG4uC2bYV5-X8ayENwnHMeUdvhl2nAFG7wLsjs8aoF&amp;__tn__=kK-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Karakorum Expeditions<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has been to up to C1 with supplies for their team. One of their post from <span class=\"Jv7Aj mArmR MqpiF \"><a class=\"sqdOP yWX7d _8A5w5 ZIAjV \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mirza_climb\/\">mirza_climb<\/a>\u00a0read:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"\" title=\"Edited\"><a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karakorumexpeditions\/\">@karakorumexpeditions<\/a> is extremely proud of its <a class=\" xil3i\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/broadpeak\/\">#broadpeak<\/a> rope fixing team, in very bad weather conditions, the team established camp 2, I always believed that if you give these young boys an opportunity they can make you proud! I am pleased with the positive comments from <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stephan.keck\/\">@stephan.keck<\/a> that the boys did great ropework! After establishing camp 2, the team is back to camp 1, tomorrow the team will try to open camp 3!!! It snowed a lot today, tomorrow we hope is a good day! The broad peak rope fixing leader was Akber Sadpara!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Canadian Don Bowie and Finnish climber Lotta Hintsa are already on Broad for 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/@lottahintsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HInsta posted:<\/a>e posted last Friday on IG:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Well it\u2019s been an interesting week &#x1f604;<\/p>\n<p>This spot, aka camp 1, became way too familiar. We spent six days on the mountain of which five we spent here. Every day we pushed the route (and our luck) higher up. We wanted to do our part so we carried up rope and fixed it on the route between camp 1 and camp 2. But every day we were turned back by huge snow masses waiting to be triggered into an avalanche. One missed us by a few minutes after we turned back. <a class=\"notranslate\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/donbowie\/\">@donbowie<\/a> made great observations and good calls and kept us safe. He said these were some of the most dangerous slab avalanche conditions he\u2019s ever climbed in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But finally yesterday, after some sketchy climbing, we made it to camp 2!!! Along with all our gear. So we stayed for the night, though we had to leave in a hurry early in the morning when it started snowing hard again. At this point we\u2019d run out of food so we didn\u2019t have the option of getting stuck for days. Now back in basecamp that has changed dramatically since we left six nights ago. It\u2019s at least quadrupled in size &#x1f604; Now we eat, rest and listen to the storm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wrapping up this post is news that 12 years-old Pakistani\u00a0Selena Khawaja will attempt Broad Peak. If successful she <span class=\"\">becomes the youngest person to climb eight thousand. According to this article in desnivel.com,\u00a0<\/span>Selena is the daughter of a single father Yousef Khawaja, who will climb with her, began climbing with him since she was six years old. In\u00a02018, at nine, climbed\u00a0Quz Sar Peak\u00a0(5,765 m), and then the 6000er\u00a0Mingling Sar. She got<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Spantik<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at 7,027 meters at age 10. This story reminds me a bit of American Jordan Romero, who summited Everest at age 13. He has already climbed 6 of the 7 Summits along with his father, Paul. See this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/03\/jordan-romero-my-thoughts-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> for my coverage and thoughts on youth climbing these big peaks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Teams and Trackers (partial list)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Broad Peak, K2\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/madisonmountaineering.com\/dispatches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madison Mountaineering<\/a>: 9 climbers (USA, UK &amp; Ukrain), 10 Nepal Sherpas, 4 Pakistani high altitude porters, and 10 Pakistani base camp staff.\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/advtech.rainon.com\/Mountain?tripID=8184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracker<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kentoncool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenton Cool<\/a> with a client. <a href=\"http:\/\/kentoncool.com\/tracking-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MountExpeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Gupta<\/a> with a client<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karakorumexpedition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karakorum Expeditions<\/a>: 11 members supported by 22 Pakistani climbers. Trackers:\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/fotis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fotis Theocharis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/garranzoK2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Garranzo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamzimmerman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Zimmerman<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ianwelsted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Welsted<\/a>: West Ridge &#8211; No Public Tracker Known<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>K2 Only\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iraaleksandrovna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian-Nepalese K2 Expedition 2021<\/a>: 3 Ukrainians and 3 Nepal&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQiKo53pbU5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Adventure<\/a>\u00a0Sherpas<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine team\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alpomania.team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpomania<\/a>\u00a0supported by 6 Sherpas from Nepal&#8217;s<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQiKo53pbU5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Pioneer Adventure<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sajidali.sadpara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sajid Ali Sadpara<\/a>: searching for evidence of his father, Muhammad Ali Sadpara. Team of 3 with BC support.\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/eliasaikaly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nielsjespers.be\/blog?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Spelman and Niels Jespers<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nielsjespers.be\/live-gps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Broad Peak only\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/victorsans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Sans<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/donbowie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Bowie<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lottahintsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotta Hintsa\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gasherbrum I\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bluskytours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Sky<\/a>\u00a0Czech Republic &amp; Slovakia<\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"http:\/\/everestmountain.co.uk\/the-altitude-team-gasherbrum-diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lluis Cortadellas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gasherbrum II\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\">Poland\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BeskidPamirExpedition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beskid Expedition<\/a>\u00a0with Piotr Krzyzowski\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/eur.explore.garmin.com\/textmessage\/viewmsg?culture=pl-PL&amp;mo=1c1999fa6b474b5bb88d07b6087011860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/2021\/07\/08\/gasherbrums-and-nanga-parbat-whos-where-right-now\/bit.ly\/Gasherbrum_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Czech-Slovak\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FGarminExpe%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0r36TT4ssV38kUrhwr26gU1lW0bWXmGMbixg-Paxca9qL5FSuEzgFgUcM&amp;h=AT3o6b1fCPEkYlD_KLR9-YP0UpvwB9eCLEUb0ljdpuyAUvXYHrEWdPYwtK6IL8TyHLMULNUZ8cuwDQ4an7Q6Zj225tuLKMxNJt6gaDTVCsB73PUqVYRYJ6ipCK0Rt1LBSA&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT1qBpvzxtQ-y9jQ6apQAQhjSxeJcGr3vE7uk-BGMhOcMZVf0yeArbAL0Q3Em6bBkluH967cHXWGgBGPd9R4xk3VC8H1xm7uf7xzmQXEHnkfT_FhU23mv2rvrOSFetVVNSdjJSn3MvritlMP9tSDUpVAogy61mf4YSNV_KQ1BAXdDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thealtitudeteam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Altitude Team<\/a>\u00a0with Lluis Cortadellas&#8217;\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/llcortadellasG2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\">Pakistan&#8217;s Sirbaz Khan&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/sirbaz14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Broad Peak, GI, and GII\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\">Serge Hardy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nanga Parbat &#8211; Over\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ql-indent-1\">5 person\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desnivel.com\/expediciones\/una-expedicion-andaluza-intentara-el-nanga-parbat-por-una-nueva-variante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish Team<\/a>\u00a0lead by Manuel &#8216;Lolo&#8217; Gonz\u00e1lez.\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.findmespot.com\/s\/D460#history\/assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These are the ones I know. If you know of others, let me know, and I&#8217;ll add them to this list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<br \/>\nMemories are Everything<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Podcast on alanarnette.com<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can listen to #everest2021\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">podcasts<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2uu2RcE9WiFKzSGl50oFKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Spotify<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-com\/id1567287947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apple Podcast<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breaker.audio\/the-podcast-on-alanarnette-dot-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Breaker<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81MTc3MjdlYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google Podcasts<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/otq8ztfv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pocket Casts<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/the-podcast-on-alanarnettecom-G2R7r0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RadioPublic<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/alan-arnette1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anchor<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and more. Just search for \u201calan arnette\u201d on your favorite podcast platform.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor weather in the Karakorum has slowed climbing as the base camps continue to fill up with new teams. However, progress continues with the fixed ropes reaching low camps on several of the 8000ers and some climbers have spent multiple nights there already. That said, not a lot of new news this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Manzoor Ahmad of Adventure Tours Pakistan who has a team on K2 and BP this season tells me of the exact numbers of permits issued in the Karakorum this summer with 75 support climbers for 128 foreigners. Note that many of the BP climbers are also on K2 so there are duplicates thus the total is less than 203, probably around 185.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Poor weather in the Karakorum has slowed climbing. However, progress continues with the fixed ropes reaching low camps on several of the 8000ers and some climbers have spent multiple nights there already. 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