NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen inĀ Skardu that are for saleĀ email Sean on venture@hot.co.zaĀ
Text message received from Sean this am: “Wind & snow. Hunkered down in base camp. Why are mountains made so cold?”
Below is Sean’s K2 gear […]
Camp 1 (FTA)
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NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen inĀ Skardu that are for saleĀ email Sean on venture@hot.co.zaĀ
Weāve been at K2 base camp for a week ā it seems like a month. Other expeditions are arriving ā […]
To Camp 1 (FTA)
Michele Faitās body was helicoptered out of BC yesterday. We saw the two military helicopters fly in tandem while we were half way up the slope to Camp 1.
Throughout the day yesterday, Fabrizio led strongly up the slope. Tunc, Wim, Ron, the two high altitude porters ā […]
NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen inĀ Skardu that are for saleĀ email Sean on venture@hot.co.zaĀ
Recording from Sean on 24 June 09
We left base camp at 07h00 this morning for the foot of the Cesen route to recover Michele Faitās […]
NB. update 13 May 2010…for any K2 or Karakoram climbers in the 2010 season I have three new cylinders of Poisk oxygen inĀ Skardu that are for saleĀ email Sean on venture@hot.co.zaĀ
RecordingĀ from Sean on 23 June 09.
We arrived at Base Camp yesterday.Ā Our camp is situated high up on the glacier, 45 minutes away from the […]
Today we arrived at Concordia at 4800m.Ā Concordia is the confluence of the Godwin-Austin Glacier, the Baltoro Glacier and the upper Baltoro Glacier. Concordia is otherwise known as the Throne of the Gods and itās really an appropriate name.Ā The trek to this point today was absolutely outstanding.Ā We are surrounded by hundreds of giant […]
It’s been a fantastic 2 days from Skardu to Ghula.Ā We left Skardu in jeeps and took the road to Askole. The jeep track must be the dodgiest road on earth – there are constant land slides as the road is cut out of the faces of super loose and steep slopes that follow a […]
Written by Sean from Skardu.
Thanks to everyone whoās commented on the blog. Itās great to read your messages but that ends from here on unfortunately. No more computers.
Written/recorded by Sean: Friday 12th June at 7.30 pm from Skardu, Pakistan
This is basically my first recording live from the field. Itās been a testing 30 hours on a bus from Islamabad to Skardu.
This will be the last blog before Sean leaves for K2 tomorrow. From here on heāll be keeping us updated from the field.
Sean will be away from home for 10 weeks on this expedition which is more or less how long it takes to climb an 8611m peak like K2. It takes this much time because of … more
