It's New Year's Eve, 2020, at K2 base camp, a tent village of ... As the route snaked past Camp 2 almost to Camp 3—at 23,300 feet, the last way station for a winter summit push—Mingma G ...
“That is definitely not my way of climbing,” Fredriksen said ... Eventually, a small weather window opened and put everyone ...
"From K2 base camp, you get a very clear view of K2 ... there's nothing not steep about climbing K2," the coach added. On the way to Camp 2, climbers have to face the House's Chimney.
On his way down he knocked into Cecile Skog from ... Of the Dutch team, only Pemba remained at K2's base camp, pulling together the pieces of what went wrong over a horrific 48 hours.
Mr Mingote, 49, was based with another team and had been descending to K2's base camp when he slipped and fell. An experienced mountaineer, Mr Mingote had previously climbed seven of the world's ...
The hearty hamlet, which proudly calls itself the “Adirondacks Base Camp”, is a perfect home base ... here are seven ways to spend a weekend in Old Forge. Beside the towering Adirondack ...
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 by Graham Bowley ... who not only saved Confortola's life by joining him at the base of the Bottleneck and dragging him down to Camp 4, but also Dutchman Wilco van ...
Adventure travelers have overlooked the high-altitude region of the Nangma Valley for years, but new group tours are ...