Broad Peak seen from NW, from the expedition’s base camp. Green triangles indicate a low camp 1 and a low camp 3. Red triangles indicate the proper camps. Various line colors indicate various rope diameters. Green – 5 mm rope, Red – 6 mm rope, Blue – 7 mm rope, Yellow – tracers, Purple – running belay courtesy Polish 2012-13 Winter Broad Peak, SOURCE
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(Newsdesk) Maciej Berbeka, Adam Bielecki, Artur Małek, Tomasz Kowalski left 7400 meter for the summit (8047m). Two hours ago they were crossing the last crevasse at 7850m; just 50 meters short to the pass, reports Jan Komorowski to ExWeb. The weather is ok!Artur Hajzer, Leader of the "Polish Winter Himalayan Mountaineering 2010-2015", reported on Facebook that the 4 men started their summit attack at 5h15 local time on March 5th. The weather forecast for tomorrow is now also good. The push to the top should take about...