Broad Peak, Pakistan 2005

Broad Peak, Pakistan 2005

In 2005 I went back to Broad Peak to do the last 100m of altitude and 2km of summit ridge. The weather was awful all season. I only reached 6500 meters. There were several climbers who were lucky to make it back to Base Camp in one piece.

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pa1463 Gasherbrum IV from near Urdokas pa1463	pa1471 Urdokas, Baltoro Glacier, Pakistan pa1471	pa1474 Sunset at Urdokas pa1474	pa1478 Sunset at Urdokas pa1478	pa1479 Uli Biaho Tower, Pakisan pa1479
pa1481 Uli Biaho and the Trango group pa1481	pa1489 The summit of Broad Peak from below Goro 2, Pakistan pa1489	pa1499 Porters grinding spices for lunch on the Baltoro Glacier pa1499	pa1516 The initial couloir on Broad Peak pa1516	pa1517 Francis Slakey at 5300m on Broad Peak pa1517
pa1518 The route from 5300 to 5600m on Broad Peak pa1518	pa1519 Melting snow at 5300m on Broad Peak pa1519	pa1523 At 5300m camp (half camp) on Broad Peak pa1523	pa1532 Camp 1, Broad Peak pa1532	pa1549 Berit at Field Touring Base Camp pa1549
pa1560 Base Camp in snow, Broad Peak pa1560	pa1561 Base Camp in snow, Broad Peak pa1561	pa1569 The Polish team starts up Broad Peak late in the day pa1569	pa1575 The Polish team starts up Broad Peak late in the day pa1575	pa1591 Firstlight tent at Camp 1 (5600m), Broad Peak pa1591

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