2:05am K2 Bottleneck - 11:06hrs 1st Aug 2008. The Last Photo.
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - This photo came down the wire from watershed news. “The photo of the Bottleneck was taken just after the Serbian fell,” Nicholas Rice, 23, of Hermosa Beach, said in an e-mail early Wednesday from K2 base camp. The Bottleneck photo shows a line[...] Read More »
7:28pm Gerard McDonnell: Irish Climber Missing on K2
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - Irish Climber Gerard McDonnell is missing on K2. K2 is regarded as one of the most all-round difficult mountains in the world with only around 189 climbers having reached the summit, 49 climbers have died on K2, 22 while descending it. The 37-year-old from [...] Read More »
12:52pm Irish on K2 2008
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Gerard McDonnell is going back to K2 this year as part of a Dutch expedition to climb the formidable mountain. I’m not sure is he part of their team or just with the expedition so that he can attain his climbing permit. The expedition website is here though [...] Read More »

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