Alex Gavan topped out Broad Peak (8047m) on July 23, 3.30 p.m., Pakistani time (13.30 Romania's time). It is his sixth 8000m peak climbed without supplementary oxygen and Sherpa support. Alex spent last night in Camp 3 (7040m) ...
The time has come. After a prolonged period of bad weather and much debate over choosing the proper day for reaching Broad Peak summit, July 23rd has been set as the day for the final climb. Boyan Petrov, Mladen Dankov, Ivan ...
All these days, there have been high winds and snowfall at altitude, on Broad Peak. The weather forecast shows there might be a short summit window around July 22nd.
Alex is preparing to launch a summit push together with his ...
July 14, 2014
"What is your / Original Nature, / Snowman?"-Natsume Soseki Just being @ Broad Peak Base Camp, 4850m, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan.
July 14, 2014
"What is your / Original Nature, / Snowman?"-Natsume Soseki @ Broad Peak Base Camp-4850m, Godwin Austen Glacier, Karak ...
Alex is back in Broad Peak Base Camp now, since July 9th, afternoon.
Alex Gavan and Gavin Vickers left the Base Camp for Camp 2 on July 6th. Between Camp 1 and Camp 2 they encountered blizzard conditions.
On July 7th, ...
Alex Gavan and Gavin Vickers left Broad Peak Base Camp early this morning and headed straight to Camp 2.
They intend to spend the night there and then climb up and establish Camp 3 at around 7100m for two more acclimatisation ...
July 5, 2014
"Just by being, / I'm here- / In snow-fall." (Kobayashi Issa) @ Broad Peak Base Camp, 4850m, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan.
