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K2/Chogori
Winter 2003
On their way
On Monday, the Netia K2 Polish Winter Expedition
2002/2003 took off from Warsaw. The group of mountaineers headed by Krzysztof
Wielicki is to reach that summit for the first time in winter.
This is the most difficult task imaginable.
Krzysztof Wielicki said at the Okęcie Airport: “The trip will be successful if
we reach the summit. It will be lucky if we all return”. The team, consisting of
over twenty people (seventeen mountaineers, “Rz” correspondent Monika Rogozińska,
six people from the TV crew), flew to Asia through London. On Tuesday, four
mountaineers from Georgia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will join them in the
capital of Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek (formerly Frunze).
The expedition should reach the K2 glacier in
Karakorum in about two weeks. Before that, the participants will have to get
ready for a long truck journey; they will also travel with a camel caravan and
on foot with loads on their backs, until they arrive at the base at 5100 m. The
summit is expected to be attacked in the second half of February.
“Rzeczpospolita” is the press sponsor of the expedition.
Written by Monika
Rogozinska, "Rzeczpospolita";
translated by "Scrivanek".
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