Chogori

Chogori AKA K2 welcomed us with a great view of its majesty with as blue a sky as any summiter wishes for.

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Today, Monday morning, 8 / 18, Chogori looks once again inhospitable: the very top is in clouds, and, looking down at Mt. Chogolisha, I get the impression that today will be another card-playing day.

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Mingma, also related to Lakpa, my wife, summited K2 last year and was able to help a Korean woman top out the mighty Chogori.

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As I look up, Chogori AKA K2 shows its face only at the lower elevations, so I placed another radio call to Watson, who, still on his descent, responded that he was in "full winter condition", with "frozen ropes, spindrift and wind".

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Since the upper parts of Chogori (K2) are still hidden, we have no idea how much snow has fallen on its slopes.

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Chogori AKA K2 was invisible in the morning; Ali, our cook, woke up earlier to prepare breakfast, mine the usual espresso -- only this time it was a double.

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Although the winds have died down a little here in BC, on the upper slopes of Chogori, they have not.

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As I walked through the icefall and glacier morraine, I kept looking up at Chogori, still in the clouds and the storm just at C2.

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"Mountain of all mountains" From the Goodwin Austen Glacier George Dijmarescu reports on behalf of Sunny Mountain Guides, Chogori 2008 Expedition exclusively for Everestnews. com.

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