Austria/Europe Guenter Steintair-Memorian GII Expedition 2003

The Austria/Europe Guenter Steintair-Memorian GII Expedition 2003 summited G2 04-07-2003 at 8.30 am (July 4th, 2003), Mr. Gerfried Goeschl and Mr. Rainer W. Goeschl both reached the summit.

Gasherbrum in local language means "Shining Wall". There are six Gasherbrum Peaks. Gasherbrum II, (8035 meters/26,361ft), the shining mountain on the Karakoram range is the second highest peak among the Gasherbrum Peaks. The first ascent was made the an Austrian team led by Fritz Moravec along with Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart on July 8th, 1956. They set up a base camp on the south Gasherbrum glacier. Camp I was set up at 6005 meters. It was here that the party was forced to stay for ten days because of a severe storm. Consequently, they lost a large supply store in an avalanche. 

Gerfried Goeschl's G2 picture show here

 

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