K2 Base Camp Trek - July 2022  28/Jul/22

The heat and humidity of Islamabad came as quite a shock as the team finally assembled outside the airport  arrivals hall. Thankfully our fixer Sajjad directed us to an air conditioned lounge while we waited the couple of hours before we could check in for our... read more »

2022 Alpine Summer Courses availability  27/Jul/22

Here is the latest availability as of 27 July

Zermatt 4000ers – 6 - 13 August. 1 place.

Chamonix Climber  – 13 - 20 August. 2 places.

Saas 4000ers - 3 - 10 September. 1 place.

Chamonix Climber  – 21 - 28 September. 1 place.

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Gasherbrum II 2022/ Departing base camp  23/Jul/22

The team hope to leave base camp tomorrow (24 July) to begin the 4-day walk to Skardu. Rui and Luke with 3 staff made the long trip from Camp 2 to base camp with large loads. Davif Hamilton and Paul spent most of the day avoiding the heat of the sun at Camp 1... read more »

Spantik summits  22/Jul/22

Expedition leader, Andy Chapman, just called from Spantik base camp. The whole team are safely in base camp. Two of the climbers were able to summit yesterday (21 July) with our High Altitude Porters. It was a 16-hour return trip to the summit. They plan to... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Summit!  22/Jul/22

The team left Camp 3 at 2230hrs last night (21 July) with Paul summiting this morning (22 July) at 0825hrs with local climbers working for the expedition, Zakir from Hushe and Hassan from Shigar. Luke climbed to 7350m and Rui reached 7400m, before descending... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Camp 3 (6985m)  21/Jul/22

The team climbed from Camp 2 (6550m) to Camp 3 (6985m) this morning (21 July). Strong winds prevented the planned 0300hrs start and they eventually left at 0500hrs. Conditions were excellent and they arrived at 0800hrs. Despite the windy conditions a few strong... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Loads carried to Camp 3  20/Jul/22

Everything is proceeding according to plan. Two of our local staff climbed to Camp 3 (c7000m) early this morning and dropped tents, stoves and gas. The whole team will climb to Camp 3 tomorrow morning ready for our summit attempt on Friday 22 July. Several... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Resting in Camp 2 (6550m)  19/Jul/22

The good weather is continuing at Gasherbrum II. The team left Camp 1 at 0330hrs and reached Camp 2 (6550m) at 0800hrs. Most of the climb is on steep snow and ice and equipped with fixed ropes. We are sharing the Camp 2 site with a few other climbers and some... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Waiting at Camp 1  18/Jul/22

The team has decided to spend an extra day at Camp 1 to allow snow conditions on the mountain to stabilise. The route to Camp 2 has been opened this morning by another group and our team are planning to move up to Camp 2 tomorrow morning. Weather conditions are... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ In Camp 1 on summit push  17/Jul/22

All 4 members of the climbing team together with 4 local staff left BC at 0100hrs this morning (17 July) to begin their summit push. Conditions on the lower part of the icefall were easier than expected, but the more level upper part was challenging due to deep... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Summit bid  15/Jul/22

The poor weather conditions that have affected all the Karakoram 8000m peaks in recent days are ending. All the Gasherbrum II expeditions met today in base camp to agree a plan to work together to fix ropes on the upper part of the mountain and make a combined... read more »

Mount Ararat summit  12/Jul/22

The first of this season's Mount Ararat treks has returned home after successfully summiting the 5,137m volcano in eastern Türkiye. Trek leader, Tim Bird said that the trip worked well, with acclimatisation on Mount Artos before travelling to Ararat. Thanks... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Bad weather slows progress  11/Jul/22

Several days of bad weather has slowed progress on the mountain and all teams are now back in base camp. Our local staff have taken equipment (including 6 tents) to Camp 2. We are now ready to join with other teams on a bid to fix rope above Camp 2 when... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Back in Base Camp  07/Jul/22

All the team are back in base camp. They descended from Camp 2 this morning, leaving at 0200hrs and arriving at 0830hrs. Very mild temperatures making travel difficult on the lower mountain with much of the icefall covered in wet, rotten snow. read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Back in Camp 1  06/Jul/22

The GII team have been in Camp 1 for two nights and tonight (6 July) will be the third. Although the ropes are now fixed to Camp 2 the team have been unable to proceed due to unexpected bad weather. They are aiming to descend to Base Camp tomorrow (7 July) and... read more »

Gasherbrum II 2022/ Pushing the route to Camp 2  05/Jul/22

The five climbers, plus four local staff left base camp at midnight on Sunday and arrived at Camp 1 (5920m) at 0830 Monday morning. The route has some technical sections, but is becoming increasingly straightforward to navigate after several days of warm... read more »