BROAD PEAK WINTER 2008
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| THE GEOGRAPHY: Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif on the border of Pakistan-China. It is located about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from K2. Broad Peak was originally named K3 right after the naming of K2 but on closer inspection by a later party, it was discovered that the summit was over 1½ kilometers (1 mile) long, thus "Broad Peak". THE HISTORY: In spite of several attempts, none of Pakistan’s 8000ers have been summited in winter. On Broad Peak in Particular, Italian Simone Moro and Pakistani climbers Shaheen Baig and Qudrat Ali have been rejected by loads of snow, bitter cold and bad conditions for the past two years. |
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| Dr. Robert Szymczak has been in expeditions to Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Pakistan. He is a medical doctor specializing in high altitude medicine. He is also a member of the International Society for Mountain Medicine. More... | 2008 marks Don Bowie's 4th season climbing in the Himalayas, with previous expeditions to Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, K2, and the South Face/East Ridge of Annapurna in 2006 and 2008. More... | Artur Hajzer has summited five eight-thousanders: three of them via new routes. He also achieved the first winter climb on Annapurna. More... | ||
| Best wishes (Satellite Phone Dispatch) |
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(9:05 PM - Nepal Time) “While descending, mid-way between Camp 2 and Camp 1, we crossed the paths of Inaki and Horia who had teamed up with Alexei Bolotov. Alexi is the Russian climber that I so enjoyed climbing the South Face with. Just a week earlier he had reached the top of Annapurna East.
As we parted company - Inaki and co. headed up, Dan and I heading down - I expressed my best wishes to the three of them; for their ascent, summit bid and for their safe return. I will continue to hope for their success. It was mid afternoon when we finally arrived back in Base Camp, this time with heavier packs. Earlier we had stopped to retrieve the last of our gear from Camp 1.” |
