Gia Tortladze from
Georgia and Ilias Tukwatullin are leaving the
expedition
Difficult
farewell. Gia Tortladze and Ilias Tukwatullin
are ready to leave the base
“We need you very
much” - says Krzysztof Wielicki to Wasilij
Piwcow
Despite bad
weather, Piotr Morawski, Denis Urubko and Marcin
Kaczkan are getting ready to leave the base and
begin climbing the slope of K2 by preparing the
ropes.
Maciek Pawlikowski
is trying to fix the tent at camp II (6600 m).
The tent has been destroyed badly by the wind.
View from camp II.
The K2 Glacier is visible below.
They say that the
winters are worst in Karakorum, then in Tibet,
and that they are most pleasant in the
Himalayas. This seems to be true. Icy snowstorm
at the base under K2.
