Ron and Tunc trekking on the Baltoro with the Trango towers in the background
The savage mountain: K2, 8611m from Concordia
K2 base camp on the Godwin-Austin glacier
K2 base camp at 5100m with Broad Peak in the background
The Gilkey memorial
K2 south face from 6500m on Broad Peak © Paul Rowntree In 1983 Doug Scott, Andy Parkin, Roger Baxter-Jones, Jean Afanassieff climbed the South Rib of K2 which leads directly up to the Shoulder. Tomo Cesen soloed the route up to the shoulder in 1986.
Fabrizio Zangrilli "big boss" on his 4th expedition to K2 © Andrew Wilkinson
Awesome shot by night from our Cameraman Dave Ohlson
Looking at the route from the base of the mountain
A big avalanche on the Cesen after some heavy snowfall
A small avalanche on the Cesen
The snow slope below the col
Looking down from the col
Fabrizio resting at the col below camp 1
Camp 1 on a small ledge at 5950m
Above camp 1 at 5950m
The couloir above camp 1
Looking west towards Concordia
A distinctive rock feature above camp 1
The 250m metres traverse between camp 1 and camp 2
The 250m traverse between camp 1 and camp 2
Dave filming on the traverse with Broad Peak in the background
On the second traverse © Jake Meyer
The last metres on the traverse © Ron Hoglin
The chimney just below camp 2
Camp 2 at 6400m, incredibly enough the yellow tent survived the elements for a year and was used for storage
Jake relaxing at Camp 2 © Ron Hoglin
Ron climbing a small rock step above camp 2
Looking at the Abruzzi spur from 6500m on the Cesen
A rocky traverse above camp 2 © Ron Hoglin
Negotiating the pinnacles above camp 2 © Jake Meyer
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, one of the strongest alpinist on K2 this summer, broke trail for us on the Cesen and reached 8300m twice!
The snow field at 6700m
Ron reaching the ridge below camp 3
Autoportrait at 6900m
The banana ridge at 6900m
On the banana ridge © Ron Hoglin
The big serac barrier at 7000m causing large avalanches on the Cesen
Ron going around the rock tower below camp 3
Just below camp 3 © Ron Hoglin
Looking at the Negrotto col on the magic line
Fabrizio Zangrilli after a push to the shoulder re-fixing sections of rope he had installed in 2007
David and Gerlinde coming down after a summit attempt up to 8400m
Jake melting water in our 3-man tent in camp 3 at 7100m
Sunrise at 5am from camp 3 © Fabrizio Zangrilli
Getting ready to leave camp 3 at 7100m © Paul Rowntree
Leaving camp 3 with a 22kg bag. It seemed like a good idea at the time! © Wim Smets
On the slope above camp 3 © Ron Hoglin
Taking a break above camp 3 © Ron Hoglin
The start of the traverse round the rock tower
Paul climbing on the fixed lines at 7500m, 2 weeks after reaching Broad Peak rocky summit at 8030m
Ron carrying 100m of rope between camp 3 and camp 4
Jake and Ron fixing new rope after another short traverse
Jake Meyer resting at 7600m after fixing another 100m of ropes © Jake Meyer
Reaching the shoulder at 19:00 with Broad Peak and the Gasherbrums in the background
Melting water at camp 4 with Ron
Camp 4 and the shoulder at 4:50am © Fabrizio Zangrilli
Sunrise on K2 summit pyramid at 5:20am © Fabrizio Zangrilli
The view from the tent at camp 4
Camp 4 at 7800m © Ron Hoglin
The last 800m to the summit of K2 with climbers in the bottleneck
The shoulder with Broad Peak and the Gasherbrums in the background
Starting the descent from camp 4 on the Cesen © Ron Hoglin
Ron getting ready to start the descent
Reaching the base of the Cesen with a 25kg bag
Paul carrying my bag to BC. Thanks!
Crossing the Gondogoro la was adventurous
View from the Gondogoro la
Beautiful Laila Peak
Reaching the grassline on the trek towards Hushe
