K2 Winter Ascent

[DayTrip]

I guess this long coveted "first" is on the books. Pretty impressive. I like how the team summited together so no individual took credit for being first.

https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2021/01/16/winter-k2-update-first-winter-k2-summit/

 

[Mac]

K2 fatality

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/us/sergi-mingote-spanish-climber-died-k2-trnd/index.html

 

[DayTrip]

K2 fatality

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/us/sergi-mingote-spanish-climber-died-k2-trnd/index.html

Indeed the "Savage Mountain". I assume this fatality was part of another team. I believe the team that successfully summited on the 16th was all Nepalese sherpas. The article I think mentioned several teams were there to try in another weather window toward the end of the month. I think anyway. I watched 3 different K2 documentaries this weekend so I may be muddling all these events together.

 

[MikePS]

sad for the death, the Sherpa team is very cool and historic