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The
Mountain Madness K2 2002 Expedition!
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Background
on Christine Boskoff and Charlie
Fowler Expedition
Dispatch
One: June 5 - Kathmandu
Dispatch
Two: June 8 - Rawalpindi
Dispatch
Three: June 20 - Base Camp
Dispatch
Four: Sunny Days on K2
Stormy days on K2,
Christine and Charlie
July 1, 2002: Christine
and Charlie here...
July 8, 2002: Now we are
back at K2 basecamp after our attempt at Broad Peak
Christine and Charlie
here at K2 base camp; still waiting for good
weather. We climbed to 6400 meters on Broad Peak on
July 9th with hopes for a summit push.
Hi from K2 base camp! We
just returned from a successful acclimation climb on
Broad Peak. On July 15th under cloudy, dark skies,
we climbed to the 6400 camp on Broad Peak...
Dispatch #10: Today
is our sixth rest day in a row, since we returned
from our acclimatization climb on Broad Peak. We've
just had four days of snowy, windy and cold weather.
Yesterday was the first day the sun came out....
K2 2002:
Christine Dispatch #11:
Then there was five....
K2 2002:
Christine Dispatch #12
We are back down safely
at base camp after an unsuccessful attempt on the
summit of K2.... |