K2 2004 recon mission to k2 base camp: Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

K2 2004 - 50 years later

K2 2004 recon mission to k2 base camp

While everybody's attention was concentrated on Everest North Ridge, where K2 2004 team was challenging the highest mountain in the World, K2 first recon mission was already heading towards K2 base camp.

(Porters celebrating at Payu - archive photograph)

While everybody's attention was concentrated on Everest North Ridge, where K2 2004 team was challenging the highest mountain in the World, K2 first recon mission was already heading towards K2.

Expedition members Maurizio Gallo, Adriano Greco, Paolo Confortola, Ugo Giacomelli and Enrico Lazzeri left last May 19 to Pakistan to start operations for the setting up of K2 south side base camp and co-ordinate all necessary operations connected to eco-compatibility protocols.

As soon as the group arrived at Skardu they started organizing the transfer of materials and equipment to base camp. Around 400 porters were hired for this operation.

Groups of 100 porters will leave Skardu village at one day of distance between each other, so as not to crowd Baltoro camps and keep all expedition materials under control. 

In the last few days, weather in Skardu was rainy. In Urdukas it is still snowing (around 10 cm every day). As a consequence to bad weather conditions at Concordia, the team decided to get to K2 base camp via Broad Peak base camp.

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