Trip Report
Gasherbrum 2 Pakistan
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Friday November 4, 2016 8:30am
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I figured someone could find this report useful for anyone interested in heading to Pakistan. This link details our 54 day journey to the top of G2 complete with pictures and video.
Here is the link: http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=17334&cpgm=tripmine
If anyone has questions just send me a message and Ill do my best to answer.
Kushrocks
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About the Author
Kushrocks is a mountain climber from Denver, Colorado. |
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John M
climber
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I"m glad you started a trip report instead of just leaving it on that older thread. great trip report. Thanks..
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Whoa! That is one hell of a 14er!
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Epic. Congratulations, Ryan. That's one hell of an accomplishment. That video showing Broad Peak above the clouds shows the scale of those huge peaks. And those 12-hour days in the icefall...wow. Way to persevere.
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i-b-goB
Big Wall climber
Nutty
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Best TR ever! You get a feel for the place and the scope of if all really fine!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Awesome-Well there went my lunch break!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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That's an amazing trip! This should be talked about much more than the politics.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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A most excellent trip report! Great photos! Seems like it was a grand adventure!
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nah000
climber
now/here
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awe... and then some.
thanks so much for sharing that here even if it is mostly just a link.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
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Wow!!!
Amazing effort. A lot of soul crushing set backs and you guys kept at it.
Pakistan....
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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That link isn't working for me...
I was looking forward to it-dangnabit!
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Mark Rodell
Trad climber
Bangkok
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Well done. And a very well written TR. Thanks
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Great TR. Appreciate all the effort you put into that.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Thank you for an awesome TR to feed a dream that my sense of reality will keep me from trying to realize...
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Great post, thanks.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Excellent write-up
Thanks!
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Don Paul
Social climber
Washington DC
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Great pictures, those are really big mountains!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Thank you for sharing the very cool trip report! And congratulations!
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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I really loved this TR. I'm never going to do what you do, but I love reading about it!
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Congratulations Yes ! Great to see a modern day mountaineering go pro kinda report. It seems rare to see what its actually like in this day and age up there and good to see there are still adventurers going for it and making it. Thanks for the report!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Over the top.......wow, I'm blown away. Why would anyone want to go to Mars if they haven't been there? Thanks for taking the time to post it up, really appreciate it.
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Bald Eagle
Trad climber
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Amazing images and a fantastic trip report Kushrocks! And a maa-hoosive congrats on getting to the summit of G2! :-)
Cheers
Dave
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Holy moly!
Great effort on all fronts!
Thanks for clearing that IP addy I sent, I wouldn't have wanted to miss this!
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Kushrocks
Mountain climber
Denver, Colorado
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Author's Reply
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Nov 28, 2016 - 09:27am PT
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Thanks everyone. ontheedgeandscaredtodeath when were you there?
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labrat
Trad climber
Erik O. Auburn, CA
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Nov 28, 2016 - 10:27am PT
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Nice! TFPU!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 28, 2016 - 10:50am PT
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Great TR! I was in the Karakoram this season over by Latok 1.....awesome place as you know.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Nov 28, 2016 - 11:54am PT
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Proud. Fantastic achievement and a killer trip report. Thanks for taking the time to take us all along on the ride.
Scott
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Nov 28, 2016 - 01:00pm PT
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Fantastic report. Good job, gents!
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Nov 29, 2016 - 08:35am PT
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Bump for great climbing content ;-)
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cornel
climber
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Dec 26, 2016 - 08:20am PT
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Congratulations! Best TR yet. Thanx for sharing.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 27, 2016 - 05:42pm PT
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Great write up and photos! Congratulations!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 27, 2016 - 05:35pm PT
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A truly ripping yarn! Congrats!
The international teams didn't think you belonged there, eh? HA! You showed 'em!
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