Shared Summits K2 Climbing Expedition Dispatch 51 SUMMIT

After 9 weeks, 3 routes, 5 attempts, 15 ½ hours (after leaving Camp 4), Chris, Don and Bruce make the Summit of K2 (28,253 feet / 8,611 meters) at 7:36 am EDT Friday, July 20, 2007!

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[SharedSummitsDotCom]

Yup.

[pimpdaddy101ful]

that guy barley had on warm cloths

[SharedSummitsDotCom]

They wore extra warm skivvies.

[AltarRS]

Are they millionaires?

[SharedSummitsDotCom]

One is a climbing bum, one is a physicist, one is a entrepreneur (but still a climbing bum). So, the short answer is "no".

[FlorisK93]

is this the Cesen-route or the Abruzzi-ridge? did they cross the bottelneck? i'm a climber too, but this is a great video.

[SharedSummitsDotCom]

Abuzzi. Yes they did climb the bottleneck and traverse. You can see it in the previous video.

[TopRamenKickAss]

i once climbed a ladder, i made it to the top.

[nomaddrunk]

k2 is a monster!!! i think its way worse and a greater feat than climbing everest

awsome job

[grail68]

@semtexcam33 It's supposed to be much more challenging, and given the numbers of people who have died trying to make the ascent, I don't doubt it.

[grail68]

For every four people to summit K2, one dies trying. That's a view that very few ever get to see... the view from what is statistically the second-deadliest mountain in the world after Annapurna.

[TheSnypist]

240p FTW!

[lbomb8]

@semtexcam33 much more of a difficult/ dangerous climb from what i hear. i'm no mountaineer but from what i've read it's one of, if not THE, most deadliest mountain to climb.

[EliT3man]

@semtexcam33 it's the second tallest mountain in the world

[velin02]

K2 has a death rate of around 40%~ while Everest has a death rate of around 8% just to put it into perspective.

[Nonsenseatbay]

I must admit, there is a part of me that WANTS to bag this peak.

One deadly mountain. The deadly mountain.

[jonzieg1976]

@rizvif Coming down is usually always harder

[jonzieg1976]

That mountain scares the crap out of me.

[banbajima]

I didn't meant to comphare but, in 1998 Japanese soloist Yamanoi yasushi summited K2 solo without oxygent barrel with alpine style.