K2 2004: K2 South: Ready for the attack!: Italian expedition Everest/K2 2004 expedition

K2 2004 - 50 years later

K2 South: Ready for the attack!

Today is the last day of relax for the climbers who, weather permitting, will by tomorrow evening start the long climb towards the high camps.  These are the feelings of Marco Forcatura

We asked Marco Forcatura, alpine guide and member of the team K2 2004, to share his thoughts with us: “Today is a fairly quiet day, and the skies remain cloudy. The wind at high altitude, however, is very strong, which makes climbing at this time, impossible.  We will be waiting quietly until tomorrow evening to see what develops.”  

“The atmosphere here is pleasant and we are all of one mind, which makes our time of waiting more than tolerable.  Speaking for myself, however, as one who was also on Everest, I must admit that some feeling of tiredness is setting in."

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