Cas descending through traverse bellow camp 2. Returning to basecamp after running out of fixed line - aris. Image live over Contact 4.0 courtesy of Gerard McDonnell (click to enlarge).
On G2, a summit controversy has unfolded - ExWeb has emailed Amical and Kobler outfitters for their comments. Meanwhile , climbers are on summit push including Field Touring Alpine, who contributed this image from the peak (click to enlarge).
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(K2Climb.net) Letter from Hirotaka; more details on the Slovak/Polish Gasherbrum traverse; summit push on G2 and an update from K2 - here goes a pretty massive week's end wrap-up from Pakistan. HirotakaOn July 18, 2007 members of Amical's expedition were hit by an avalanche on GII. The accident took place above C2 at around 6,700m, and struck four climbers. Team leader Dirk Groeger managed to reach the surface by his own power. Members from other expeditions immediately set off from C2 and hurried up to help Amical's...
Ready, steady... preliminary list of expeditions to Pakistan
