It’s so good to be home. Last week I had to dash down to the Cape but managed to catch Jeffrey’s Bay in fine form – the surf was cooking! I’ve been following the rest of the team on K2 and progress is slow. 4 other members have left for a number of reasons. The rest of the […]
July 2009
NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen in Skardu that are for sale email Sean on venture@hot.co.za
Forget the logic that men in Kaftans can’t sprint. Porters Muhammad and Iqbal from Shikar accompanied me from K2 BC to Askole. They are absolute […]
Latest news from Sean is that once again bad weather has moved in. The team are at Base Camp – it’s a no go up the mountain to Camp 3 this weekend.
SAFM interview with Sean at K2 Base Camp (Sat 11th July)
Michael Abrahanson: I’m talking to Sean Wisedale who joins us on the line now… let […]
NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen in Skardu that are for sale email Sean on venture@hot.co.za
K2’s summit was first reached in 1954. Since then and after thousands of attempts, only 299 of the finest climbers in history have repeated that. […]
There is obviously no scale here to weigh yourself. The only weight measurements units available are fingers, fists, rotated fist and hopefully never 2 fists between my waste and the seam of my rods.
After 2 weeks at 5100 meters I’m now at a 5th width – that’s about 4 cm thinner. What that equates to in […]
At last we’ve been granted a window of fair weather and have resumed line fixing and camp establishing. While the rest of the team push up to Camp 2 today, I’m in Base Camp preparing to push up tomorrow. Our program and plan is to haul 200 meters of rope and a tent to the […]
NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen in Skardu that are for sale email Sean on venture@hot.co.za
We’ve been in Base Camp for 6 continuous days and most likely for another 3 days. The weather is super unstable with lots of snow…I’ve […]