Veikka and Kazuya have reached and are acclimatizing at Camp 2, at a 1km wide col between G1 and G2.
Photo courtesy of Veikka Gustafsson
It’s between snow fall and sunshine. They have done long days, but everything has gone very well. Both are acclimatizing to higher altitudes extremely well. They want to climb and acclimatize 400m higher tomorrow. After that they are coming straight back to the base camp to fill up energy, get some equipment, recharge batteries & the fighting spirit. After recharging they will be ready for the summit attempt, – spirits are bound to run high!
Photo courtesy of Veikka Gustafsson
Veikka said that there is a lot more snow than last year, up to ½m snow down at the valley and on the way to high camps. There is less snow at higher altitudes above C2. It seems that they are the first up on the route this year.
Leading the the Japanese Couloir. (Photo courtesy of Katja Staartjes/Dutch Gasherbrum Expedition 2004)
Forecast for Gasherbrum I
Tomorrow
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Fair. Light air, 1 m/s from south. 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours.
Thursday
09/07/2009
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Partly cloudy. Light air, 1 m/s from south. 0.9 mm precipitation per 24 hours.
Friday
10/07/2009
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Fair. Light air, 1 m/s from south-southwest. 1.4 mm precipitation per 24 hours.
Saturday
11/07/2009
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Fair. Light air, 1 m/s from south-southwest. 0 mm precipitation per 24 hours.
