"Three Korean and three Sherpa climbers spent nine hours wading through waist-to-chest deep snow to Camp 4; they are planning on making a bold summit bid starting on Wednesday night, in a very foreshortened weather window,” Warner reported. Image of clouds wrapping K2 by Vladimir Kuptsov courtesy of the Russian K2 West Face expedition (click to enlarge).
“Luckily our descent was without incident, in no short part due to our timing: With only Bruce still rappelling, a thick and pasty wet snow avalanche thundered (like Niagara thunders) down the face, a few feet to the right of the route," reported Chris Warner, in the image. Image courtesy of Shared Summits (click to enlarge).
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K2 wrap-up: Koreans pushing for the summit in waist-deep snow
Posted: Jun 28, 2007 07:06 am EDT
(K2Climb.net) American Chris Warner and his team are back in BC after two stormy nights in C2 and a fast descent – completed right on time to avoid a major avalanche. They’ve reported on a Korean team pushing for the summit today, sinking up above the waist while breaking trail in fresh snow. Forecast announce bad conditions through the weekend: Winds are expected to pick up today. Other teams on the spot have set up higher camps earlier this week.
Abruzzi Spur teams: Americans down just before the avalanche – Koreans’ summit push
“Don, Bruce and I returned to base camp on Wednesday, after spending two nights in Camp 2,” Shared Summits’ leader Chris Warner reported. “A freak snow storm struck the upper reaches of K2 on Tuesday, dumping over 2 feet of snow, with winds of 40-50 mph tearing at our tent.”
“Luckily our descent was without incident, in no short part due to our timing: With only Bruce still rappelling, a thick and pasty wet snow avalanche thundered (like Niagara thunders) down the face, a few feet to the right of the route.”
“We are praying for the safety of the three Korean and three Sherpa climbers that just spent nine hours wading through waist-to-chest deep snow to Camp 4; they are planning on making a bold summit bid starting on Wednesday night, in a very foreshortened weather window. Winds are predicted to move in on Thursday, lasting for several days.”
Portuguese climber Joao Garcia, who arrived in BC one week ago, has set up ABC and C1.
Cesen route teams: Between C2 and C3
French Hugues and the Czech team are progressing up the Cesen route. Hugues and his porters dug a platform and set up a tent in C2 yesterday, while the Czechs progressed further up toward C3. Hugues reported on loads of fresh snow on the way up.
Links to K2/Broad Peak 2007 teams:
Warner & Bowie’s Shared Summits | Gerfried Goeschl (German) | Czech BP/K2 (Czech) | Russian K2 Direct West Face updates on RussianClimb | Russian K2 Direct West Face site (Russian) | Broadpeak.at | Hungarian K2/GI expedition's news (Hungarian) | Joao Garcia K2 expedition's blog (Portuguese) | K2 Freedom 2007's news (Italian) | Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner(German) | Ralf's Amical (German)| Silvio Mondinelli's BP news (Italian) | Ivan Vallejo (Spanish) | Edurne Pasaban's BP news (Spanish) | Mexicans Badia & Mauricio (Spanish) | Jorge Salazar's Veracruz al Himalaya (Spanish) | Hiro Takeuchi's blog (Japanese) | Carlos Pauner's reports (Spanish)
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