Comments on: K2 Bottleneck - 11:06hrs 1st Aug 2008. The Last Photo.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:38:31 +0000

http://www.k2climb.net/news.php?id=17532
Try this page

By: Vernay Raphaële

Vernay Raphaële — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:37:30 +0000

Please help me, do you know somebody who has a foto of Hugues d’Aubarede on the top of K2 at 8611 m
I look for, but in don’t find it.
Thank very much
Best regard
Raphaële VERNAY (the webmaster of Hugues on the K2)

By: Vernay Raphaële

Vernay Raphaële — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:35:19 +0000

Please help me.
Do you know somebody who has a photo of Hugues d’Aubarede on 8 611 m, on the top ?
I look for, but i dont-t find it
Thank you very much
Best regard
Raphaële VERNAY (the webmaster of Hugues on the K2)

P.S. Excuse-me for my bad english

By: Tom G

Tom G — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:03:26 +0000

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=qjaV4ejbOCo

This vid gives a fairly good view of the Bottleneck area - I think it’s Unterkircher’s 2004 summit vid.

Also this one - sharedsummits.com video from 2007

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=6s3rlwYE6VE

By: Tom G

Tom G — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:59:45 +0000

Barocci, the perspective doesn’t show how steep the face they are on is. They go up diagonally to the left of where they are but the face they are on is more than 60 degrees of ice/snow. It is far from easy, couple that with being at 8000m of altitude where in each breath you only get 1/3 of the oxygen you get at sea level… go figure.

By: Barocci

Barocci — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:21:30 +0000

that so called steep climb looks so easy!, okay
if ice breaks off youre prolly gone but that can happen everywhere, like a lottery…

By: Guy McCarthy

Guy McCarthy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:13:04 +0000

Another brief update, with link to a summit video:

http://watershednews.blogspot.com/2008/08/killer-mountains.html

By: Guy McCarthy

Guy McCarthy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:55:57 +0000

Also, please view this graphic published Aug. 5 by the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/08/05/world/06k2.1.ready.html

By: Guy McCarthy

Guy McCarthy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:42:49 +0000

Robin,

Don’t speculate too much about which way they went. I have no confirmation when the photo linked below was taken. But the route indicated is consistent with other descriptions from those who have been there. Once out of the couloir, there is apparently a traverse above the serac. No reason to get on the face you refer to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66509401@N00/2730605328/

By: Guy McCarthy

Guy McCarthy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:00:31 +0000

More on K2: http://watershednews.blogspot.com/2008/08/high-altitude-graveyard.html