Winter Pakistan: BC share on Nanga Parbat, storm on K2, Madrid preps for GI.

There’s action on Nanga Parbat where Simone and Denis set up camp 1 and greeted Polish neighbors in base camp. Less popular is K2 with a storm currently punishing the hardy Russians on its moody slopes. Nanga Parbat: breaking bread with neighbors Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached C1 at 5,100 and spent a freezing night at -25º. “We had a good time,” Urubko reported. “We broke a tent-pole, nearly burnt a cover with the new stove, spilled a thermos with tea and texted inspired messages home.”High risk of…

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Winter 2011-12 Pakistan teams

Simone Moro blog
Denis Urubko blog
Matteo Zanga blog
Russian K2 winter expedition
Russian Climb
Polish GI winter team
Alex Txikon
Gerfried Göschl
Carlos Suarez blog

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