The more I think about this trip, the more I am so totally amazed and grateful for the extraordinary effort put in by Dave Mention to make it possible for all of us to go on this memorable journey to the other side of the world. We came close to tagging the summit, but as the years go by it seems to me it's the journey itself that i grow more fond of.
CHRIS, HELMUT AND ME AT CAMP 1 AT 6000M, GASHERBRUM GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
RASOOL DELIVERING THE GOODS: ONION RINGS AND CHIPS
HELMUT, CHRIS AND JEFF AT BASECAMP 5000M, ABRUZZI GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
HELMUT AND POST SUNSET GLOW AT BASECAMP, ABRUZZI GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
BASECAMP FESTIVITIES, ABRUZZI GLACIER BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
BASECAMP FESTIVITIES, ABRUZZI GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
MY FIRST VIEW OF K2
HELI PITCHING CAMP @ CONCORDIA
CHARLES AND COMPANY AT CONCORDIA, BALTORO GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
CRYSTAL PEAK FROM CONCORDIA CAMP ON THE BALTORO GLACIER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
UNNAMED PEAKS FROM CONCORDIA CAMP ON THE BALTORO GLACIER
BOB, JEFF, CHRIS AND HELMUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CONCORDIA AND URDOKAS, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
PORTERS AND INCUT STREAM IN THE BALTORO GLACIER
DR K ROCK HOPPING THE OUTLET STREAM FROM THE TOE OF THE BALTORO GLACIER
BREAKFAST @ PAIJU CAMPSITE
RIDING THE JOLLA CABLE ACROSS THE DORMUNDU RIVER, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
THE SKINNY CHICKENS @ JOLLA CAMP
THE 'SUMMER ROUTE' WEST OF JOLLA CAMP
RASUL ABOVE JOLLA CAMP WITH MANGO GUSSAR IN THE DISTANCE BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
THE TREK BETWEEN JOLLA CAMP AND THE VILLAGE OF ASKOLE, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
JOHAN GETTING THE FIRST JEEP BACK TO SKARDU
CHRIS, BOB AND HELI HANGING OUT AT THE CAFE ASKOLE, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
SUNSET BRALDU RIVER VALLEY
BALTI PORTERS FIXING ROAD WASHOUT AT HOTO, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
DR K RIDES OUR JEEP ACROSS THE PATCHED BLOWOUT
NEW BRIDGE OVER THE BRALDU RIVER @ HOTO
CHRIS AND BOB HOLDING ON AS WE CROSS ANOTHER BRIDGE, BRALDU RIVER GORGE, BALTORO KARAKORAM, PAKISTAN
HEY WHAT'S HE DOIN IN HERE' - 'HOOVER' HELPING RASUL PREP LUNCH
DINNER WITH RASUL AT THE K2 HOTEL IN SKARDU, NORHERN AREAS, BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN
BOB, RASOOL, CHRIS AND MIKE TAKING TEA AT THE K2 HOTEL SKARDU, PAKISTAN
CHRIS AND BOB GETTING IN SOME POOL TIME AT THE US EMBASSY