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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Jan 28, 2018 - 09:36am PT
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An update from the GoFundMe site as of about 7hrs ago:
As of a few minutes ago Elisabeth was finally on a helicopter bound for Islamabad via Skardu. The retrieval operation was not straight forward as the helicopter could not land at 4800m. Polish team and Eli had to descend further down to BC. It was touch and go whether heli could stay and wait or will have to go and thus lose a precious flying window. I bow to all of you for helping us fund this and to the team led by Ludo for weathering the past 72 hours. We will account for every penny raised. Any money left after the rescue expenses will go Tomek’s wife and his children.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 28, 2018 - 05:05pm PT
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Relieved that they got Elizabeth down. Bummed about her partner. Huge burden to carry for everyone involved.
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Don Paul
Gym climber
Denver CO
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Feb 24, 2018 - 05:13pm PT
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The saga continues. Denis Urubko, one of the two rescuers of Elisabeth Revol on Nanga Parbat last month, just left K2 base camp to make a solo push for the summit, which would be the first winter ascent. He left by himself without telling anyone else, apparently in bad weather. Although it's disputed, some people believe the winter season ends on February 28. The team had decided to acclimatize and wait for better weather, which would only count as a normal ascent of K2.
Denis Urubko leaves to try the top of the winter K2 solo
I can't help being mesmerized by these things, not that different from rubbernecking to look at a traffic accident. Well, I hope he makes it and achieves his goal. I'll be following this life and death adventure, just like the Nanga Parbat one.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 24, 2018 - 11:57pm PT
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From the link
The decision of Denis (of Russian nationality but who recently also has Polish nationality) is generating a great public debate in Poland. The Polish expedition is fully sponsored by the Polish government. The feelings move between the criticism of Denis' decision to respect the decisions of the expedition leader, to those who value this decision (Urubko's) that is part of the history of mountaineering (remember Hermann Buhl or Reinhold Messner in the Nanga Parbat, both against the orders of the expedition leader, which was the same: Karl Herrligkoffer ). But the priority at this time, as it is evident in the own statement of Wielicki, the head of the expedition, is to support Wielicki (I think the writer got it wrong and that it is Urubko getting the support) as much as possible, for which a second team has been sent to the C3 and sherpas with oxygen bottles, to attend a possible emergency, to the base camp advancing.
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Don Paul
Gym climber
Denver CO
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Feb 26, 2018 - 03:04am PT
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Looks like a happy ending, Urubko was just spotted descending from K2 Camp 2 back to base camp.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Feb 26, 2018 - 12:08pm PT
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it's not the first time there was drama on this mountain. perhaps the first involved treachery by one group of mountaineers-on the same team-to another, in a move that should have killed the others:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28696985
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