Dave7 Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 the russians love their winter  Good luck to them! Quote
sobo Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 You'd have to figure it'd be the Russians. They love their sufferfests... Â I mean, take Nastia fer instance... Quote
YocumRidge Posted January 11, 2012 Author Posted January 11, 2012 You'd have to figure it'd be the Russians. They love their sufferfests... I mean, take Nastia fer instance...  I would just simply die with no struggle on my way to that base camp, Paul. Quote
sobo Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 You'd have to figure it'd be the Russians. They love their sufferfests... I mean, take Nastia fer instance... I would just simply die with no struggle on my way to that base camp, Paul. Ohhhhhh, I don't think so, judging from the TRs of yours that I've read. There's more fight in you than a honey badger...  [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7pGZudN8rE Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 No, I would carry you. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â OK, actually, I'd guilt trip Ivan into carrying you. I might carry your cigarettes, though. Quote
YocumRidge Posted January 11, 2012 Author Posted January 11, 2012 Or we might all carry Ivan. BTW, he was cheating on you Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 You'd have to figure it'd be the Russians. They love their sufferfests... I mean, take Nastia fer instance...  I would just simply die with no struggle on my way to that base camp, Paul.  *cough* Sandy Glacier Headwall *cough*  Quote
dougd Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 But still...  To seriously consider (not to mention actually go do) such a thing is pretty ballsy...  d   Quote
cynicalwoodsman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Which whoeverovski is haulin' the booze? Quote
akhalteke Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Which whoeverovski is haulin' the booze? Â They are not Polish... Quote
sobo Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Actually, I was thinking it should be vhoewerofsky... Just sayin'... Edited January 12, 2012 by sobo Quote
akhalteke Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 More like Whomeverob (or oba) Just sayin.' Quote
banos Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) take Nastia fer instance...  I'll gladly take Nastia   You all can have the K2 winter climbing sufferfest.... Edited January 12, 2012 by banos Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Ah yes, you mean whoeverovsky.  no, actually...  whoeverskiy or whoeverskij  :-) Quote
Choada_Boy Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I'm assuming they won't be using bottled oxygen. Â Pretty badass goal, they have some impressive prior ascents, I'm reminded of the Big Wall project from a few years back. Quote
Choada_Boy Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 More Balls and Sickness: Â Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition Quote
dougd Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Signore Moro has some recent experience to draw on from the 1st winter ascent of Gasherbrum II... Â "Cold" is a really good climbing film from that expedition... Â d Quote
Choada_Boy Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Isn't there an article Urubko in the new Alpinist? I think I caught a glimpse of it during my morning constitution, as it showed up in my mail yesterday. He's got the sickness, for sure. His Cho Oyo new route was in AAJ a few years back. Quote
wfinley Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 When on the west buttress in 2001 we topped out above the fixed lines to encounter a Russian guy wearing a leather vest over a gortex jacket taking a break to smoke a cigarette before continuing up with an obscenely heavy pack. We found cigarette butts all the way to the summit and back. To be able to chainsmoke at 20K is pretty impressive. Â [video:youtube] Quote
wfinley Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 The Russian attempt on the first winter ascent of K2 was abandoned today, when Vitaly Gorelik died of heart failure in Base Camp. Gorelik and partners Valery Shamalo and Nicholas Totmyanin made it to a highpoint of 7200m on the South-Southeast Spur, and descended to Base Camp by February 2 with bad weather in the forecast and frostbite on both of Gorelik's hands. Â Â Â http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12w/newswire-vitaly-gorelik-dies-k2 Quote
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