Photo courtesy of k2news.com
It was a clear day, but Veikka and Kazuya faced a snow storm. Heavy snow fall and strong winds stopped them on a way to the Camp 2. It’s total white out, only 20m visibility, mountain was not safe anymore. So they camped were ever possible. Camp 1 was built on saturday, despite the weather wasn’t perfect. It snowed, but for a finn, that’s not a problem, “an average winter day in Finland”, but now in totally different, risky environment and extreme high altitude.
Photo courtesy of Veikka Gustafsson
They were building route to Camp 2, trying to solve a problem with ice fall and a field full of crevasses, but the storm stopped them. They’ll wait out the storm in a tent. Tomorrow they are heading to Camp 2 and on, higher altitudes. If the weather allows it. They’ll return to rest, recover and to energize to BC before summit attempt.
Photo courtesy of Veikka Gustafsson
Gasherbrum I is the Hidden Peak from the Pakistan direction, it is hidden behind G IV in front of it on the right. From left to right; Gasherbrums IV, III, II, V, VI, I. Photo courtesy of www.summitpost.org
