L-R: Artur Hajzer, Adam Bielecki and Janusz Golab in Skardu at the beginning of the expedition. Image by Agnieszka Bielecka courtesy Polish winter GI expedition 2012, SOURCE
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(Newsdesk) 28 people summited K2 on July 31st Arthur Hajzer told ExplorersWeb.Out of the 28 trailblazers only 4 were without oxygen:Polish Adam Bielecki and Iranian Azim Ghaychesaz at 10.30 am, followed by Austrian Christian Stangl and Spanish Oscar Cadiach at 5 pm. The next day Slovak Peter Hamor and Czech Pavel Bem climbed K2 without 02 as well.The result at this point: 30 people climbed K2 in 2012 including 6 without oxygen. The Polish team have since posted the following video of Adam reaching the summit:Readers might...