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 […]
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
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)
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 at K2 base camp for a week – it seems like a month. Other expeditions are arriving – […]
To Camp 1 (FTA)
Michele Fait’s 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 – […]
Today we arrived at Concordia at 4800m. 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 it’s really an appropriate name. The trek to this point today was absolutely outstanding. We are surrounded by hundreds of giant […]
It’s been a fantastic 2 days from Skardu to Ghula. 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 […]
This will be the last blog before Sean leaves for K2 tomorrow. From here on he’ll 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
