From Everest to K2: Climbers Descend on Pakistan

The beginning of June marks the arrival of the Pakistani climbing season. With the climbing season on Mt. Everest over for the Spring, much of the attention in the alpine climbing world will now set it’s sights on Pakistan, home of K2, the Gasherbrums I & II, Broad Peak, Nanga Parbat, and many other peaks that fall just under 8,000 meters.

ExplorersWeb has recently updated their list of Pakistan climbing expeditions and are already reporting some teams in the area. I am not going to do a full rundown of this season’s climbers, but there are some expeditions of note.

K2, perhaps the toughest 8,000 meter peak, as well as the second highest in the world, will be attempted by no less than nine separate expeditions. These include teams from italy, Switzerland, the United States, Australia, Vietnam and Serbia, as well as a few others thrown in the mix.

Gasherbrums I & II, Broad Peak, and Nanga Parbat will feature another 15-20 expeditions that I will be following along with closely.

From the end of one climbing season and on to the next. For the complete run-down of expeditions, climbers, and websites that are heading to Pakistan, go check out ExplorersWeb’s newly updated list of all the action. Some of the top climbers in the world are going to be featured in this season’s action and should be quite interesting to follow along with. For the most part, at least climbers won’t have to deal with the Chinese invasion and can climb on their own free will.