cluck Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 NETIA K2 Polish Winter Expedition Looks like the Polish Expedition on K2 had to give up. Denis Urubko and Marcin Kaczkan made it up to Camp 4 Tuesday on their summit attempt, but had to bail Wednesday morning. As I understand it, another major storm is coming in and I think they'll pack up and head home. I guess the first winter ascent of K2 is still up for grabs. Any takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcat Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Yikes .. -47 degrees Celsius on the summit. Pretty chilly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 -45C and 115 km/h winds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Ducknut said: -45C and 115 km/h winds!!! That really doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 ...unless you're polish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whillans Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 NO WAY QUITTERS SUMMIT OR DIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 NOT a bust. Just try to come to terms with that thing in "summer". I also cant believe they went into the N. side where it is a bit shadier from the palm trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluck Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 Not a bust, just no summit this time. They gave it one helluva try though. They got up to 7750 meters before they were blown off by a freakin blizzard/hurricane. As the rest of the group was packing up basecamp to leave, the expedition leader called anyone who wasn't having toes amputated to get ready to go for the summit. They planned to go from base camp to camp 4 in the blizzard. Then take advantage of a 1 day weather window to go for the summit w/o any fixed ropes in place. Ballsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleblebleb Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 wayne1112 said: ... I also cant believe they went into the N. side where it is a bit shadier from the palm trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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