“IT’S EASY TO THINK K2 IS THE ONLY BIG OBJECTIVE OUT THERE”
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMAGE OF THE CHINA SIDE OF GASHERBRUM I. IMAGE USED WITH PERMISSION. JEROME RYAN
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FOR THE 8000m EXPEDITION AFICIONADO THESE TRIPS ARE THE FINAL WORD IN GREAT PEAK CLIMBING WITH AS YET NO CLIMBER HAVING SUMMITED MULTIPLE 8000m PEAKS IN THE CHINESE KARAKORAM, CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GREAT UNCLAIMED HIGH ALTITUDE OBJECTIVES
IF K2 ISN’T ENOUGH THERES MORE 8000m OPTIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KARAKORUM THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THE GASHERBRUMS AND BROAD PEAK. OFTEN OVERLOOKED, BOTH BROAD PEAK AND THE GASHERBRUMS HAVE THEIR NORTHERN & EASTERN SIDES IN CHINA. DESPITE BEING WELL VISITIED OBJECTIVES FROM THE PAKISTANI SIDE, FROM CHINA THEY HAVE ONLY HAD A HANDFUL OF VISITS, EVEN LESS THAN K2. EACH SITS AT THE END OF THEIR OWN GLACIERS AND TRIPS TO THESE PEAKS ARE A STEP BEYOND EVEN K2, BUT ENTIRELY DOABLE.
RECORDS SHOW ONLY ONE ASCENT OF G1 FROM THE CHINA SIDE IN 1982, AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF OTHER ATTEMPTS, MAKING THIS A VERY EXCLUSIVE OBJECTIVE.
ACCESSED VIA THE SAME APPROACHES AS K2, GETTING TO BROAD PEAK & GASHERBRUM BASECAMPS REQUIRES ANOTHER ONE OR TWO DAYS, THEN LIKE K2, CARRIES TO HIGHER CAMPS FURTHER UP THE GLACIERS. EVEN LESS FREQUENTED THAN K2’S LOWER CAMPS, THESE ARE ABSOLUTE 8000m WILDERNESSES WITH MORE COMPLEX AND BARELY RECORDED ASPECTS TO THE CLIMBING.
ATTEMPTING THE NORTH SIDE OF G1 TICKS THE BOXES FOR CLIMBERS WANTING TO BE PART OF THE FUTURE OF 8000m CLIMBING BY BEING ON A TRUE FRONTIER EXPEDITION. THIS IS FOR THE CLIMBER WHO TAKES GREAT PLEASURE IN BEING OUT IN UNTOUCHED MOUNTAINS WITH AN OBJECTIVE THAT HAS HIGH HISTORICAL RELEVANCY. THESE AREA NEVER WILL BE FORESEEABLY OVER-COMMERCIALIZED AS THE CAPABILITIES OF TODAY BYPASS THE INDUSTRIES THAT RESULT IN THAT.
TEAMS WILL BE SMALL, LIMITED IN NUMBERS FOR THE OPTIMAL LOGISTICS THAT ALLOW US TO MOVE WITH A LOT OF FREEDOM UNBURDENED BY THE DEMANDS OF A HUGE BACKEND. WE WILL BE PUTTING OUR FINEST CREW ON THIS ONE, WITH A DIRECT LINE TO THE MOUNTAINEERING ASSOCIATION TO GIVE US AN UNPRECEDENTED DEGREE OF FREEDOM, BASED ON HOW WE RUN THINGS IN EASTERN TIBET. IF YOU’RE IDEA OF 8000m CLIMBING IS THE BEHEMOTHS OF NEPAL THEN THIS WILL BE A PARADIGM SHIFT. A TRIP LIKE THIS HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL NOW.
FOR ANYONE WANTING TO TRUELY BE PART OF AN EXPEDITION DOING SOMETHING NEW THIS IS THE CHANCE. TO JOIN THE PROCESS CONTACT US NOW.
