Previously Reported<\/h2>\n
Here’s what we know of who summited:<\/p>\n
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- 8K Expeditions\/Summit Karakorum: 3 clients and 6 Sherpas<\/li>\n
- Glacier Himalaya: 4 clients with 4 Sherpas<\/li>\n
- Imagine Nepal<\/a>: 8 clients and 9 Sherpas<\/li>\n
- Madison Mountaineering<\/a>: 2 Sherpas on the rope team<\/li>\n
- UPDATE: Seven Summits Treks: 4 clients and 4 Sherpas but included Japanese Naoko Watanabe with a female record of 3 K2 summits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
On the Cesen route, Jean Yves Fredriksen apparently summited, climbing alone to C3, where it joins the Abbruzzi route. He didn’t use Os.<\/p>\n
And the Other 8000ers<\/h2>\n
While K2 gets disproportionate attention, the other four deserve equal coverage. The Nepali outfit Seven Summits Treks, aka SST, has commercialized all fourteen of the 8000ers and usually does the route finding and rope fixing.<\/p>\n
Gasherbrum I: ~8+ summits<\/h3>\n
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- Seven Summits Treks: 5 clients with 3 Sherpas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Gasherbrum II: 37+ summits<\/h3>\n
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- 14 Peaks: 8\u00a0clients with 6 Sherpas<\/li>\n
- Seven Summits Treks: 1 client with 1 Sherpa on July 23<\/li>\n
- Seven Summits Treks: 1 client with 2 Sherpas on July 22<\/li>\n
- Seven Summits Treks: 6 clients with 5 Sherpas on July 21<\/li>\n
- Summit Karakorun: 2 climbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Broad Peak: ~20 summits<\/h3>\n
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- Broadboy Adventures: 1 client with 3 Pakistanis HAW<\/li>\n
- Karakorum Expeditions: 5 Pakistani HAWs fixed the rope to the summit, and then four clients<\/li>\n
- Imagine Nepal: Pasang Namgel Sherpa, who finished all fourteen 8000ers<\/li>\n
- Madison Mountaineering: 1 client with two Sherpas,<\/li>\n
- Mashabrum Expeditions: 1 client with two Sherpas<\/li>\n
- Summit Karakoram: 1 Sherpa<\/li>\n
- Summit Travel: unknown number of clients and guides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Nanga Parbat: ~ 4 Summits<\/h3>\n
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- Seven Summits Treks: 4 Sherpas fixed rope to the summit on July 9<\/li>\n
- Seven Summits Treks: five clients with 4 Sherpas on July 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Vadim Druelle set a speed record of 15 hrs and 18 minutes from the base camp.<\/p>\n
Nanga saw four summits with a 1:1 ratio of support for their two Pakistani clients climbing via Nanga Parbat\u2019s Diamir Face.<\/p>\n
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- Madison Mountaineering<\/a>: 2 Sherpas on the rope team<\/li>\n