Tragedy On K2: K2 Survivor Wilco van Rooijens Speaks With National Geographic: Adventure

The National Geographic: Adventure blog always seems to be on top of the big news.  Back in May,  they scored the first interview with William Brant Holland after he was banned from Nepal for displaying a pro-Tibetan flag on Mt. Everest.  Today they unveil the Wilco van Rooijans Interview.  Wilco van Rooijans was one of three climbers who recently survived the k2 tragedy that took the lives of 11 climbers, one of the biggest tragedies in K2’s notorious history.

Wilco van Rooijens is currently hospitalized in a local Pakistani medical facility with second and third degree frostbite on his feet.  Through all of the pain he still had time to talk with National Geographic: Adventure, just three days after being plucked off the second highest peak in the world.

Most of the world thought that Wilco van Rooijen had perished.  Two days after the original ice serac collapse, Wilco would hobble back to Camp III and learn that eleven of his fellow climbers and team mates had died.  Wilco, himself, would be forced to be rescued by helicopter and now faces the threat of amputation to both of his feet.  It is an amazing tale of survival, and one that only Wilco can tell..

Please Checkout my Full Coverage as the K2 Tragedy unfolded.

Shout-Out:  The Adventure Blog tipped me off to this interview.  Thank-you.