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rwaltermyer
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wow... our thoughts and prayers.
God Bless.
[followup] I see that Spray has a link to this thread entitled, "K2 Tragedy on the Heels of Success" In case you're wondering what the success is...
From k2climb.net:
AdventureStats compiled a preliminary list of this season’s K2 summits and there has never been anything like it before. 43 climbers reached the top during three consecutive summit waves. That is nearly 50% more than the previous record season; 29 climbers in 1996. Tuesday, 14 climbers ascended K2, the closest was 11 on August 14, 1996. Not only has this been a spectacular season for the mountain but also some record breaking individual efforts too.
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rwaltermyer
Aug 3, 2004, 2:55 PM
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Update from k2climb.net
Agu 3, 2004 10: 50 EST
K2 missing climbers Update: One dead and two missing climbers names confirmed
ATP has confirmed that Alexander Gubaev, from Kirguizstan, has died on K2, and two other climbers are missing since July 29th: The missing climbers are Iranian Davoud Khadem Asl and Serguey Sokolov. (The official permit had Sergei Bogomolov listed and he was presumed missing yesterday.) There are no news on Asl and Sokolov.
Alexander Gubaev's death was confirmed by Vladimir (Vladimir Suviga?) according to ATP, although it is not yet clear if he found the body or saw Alexander falling during his summit bid.
The question now is why the missing climbers life threatening situation has been kept secret for so long. There was no comment on the missing climbers for days and there is now yet to see the implications of this.
The three climbers have been missing on K2 since July 29th but not a single word was released on the subject. Not even to other teams in BC, such as the Magic Line team, that took notice of the tragedy when it was too late to attempt a rescue. Asl and Sokolov were last heard from Sunday, when they were attempting to reach C3.
The Andalusian team spoke to the now missing climbers on Camp 4 on the morning of the 29th. The Andalusians then proceed to Camp3, while the other two remained in Camp 4. Back at BC, climbers were told to make no comments on the subject.
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rwaltermyer
Aug 4, 2004, 5:08 PM
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The weather is looking up, so hopefully the climbers will be found soon.
Latest text from k2climb.net...
K2 Rescue team on its way to Camp 2!
Agu 4, 2004 11: 32 EST
Four climbers and a sherpa from Mr. Kondo Japanese expedition have left K2 base camp and are heading up the Abruzzi route to search for Davoud and Sergey, who are missing since July28th. The conditions on the mountain are horrible: slopes overloaded with heavy snow, high winds and frequent avalanches on the Abruzzi route. The Japanese are braving those conditions and risking their lives to rescue Serguey from Russia and Davoud from Iran.
The rescue climbers plan to spend the night at Camp II, and try to reach Camp 3 tomorrow.
There are also three Balti porters, one of them belonging to the International expedition the missing climbers joined. He is the only one left in BC of the International team, as far as we know, and is reported very affected by the situation.
One of the Balti porters will go to Camp 2, while the other two intend to climb all the way up to Camp 3.
The Magic Line team awaits in their own Base camp for the slightest signal of the climbers being alive. If so, they say that they will forget about their own plans and instead go on the Abruzzi to help with the rescue.
Since learning about the stranded climbers Sunday, the Japanese and Magic Line Catalonian team never gave up hope on them. The climbers radioed down to BC reporting that they were leaving Camp 4 and would try descend to Camp3.
The Magic Line and Japanese expedition attempted a rescue the same day, but were forced back by a storm. Yesterday the wind seemed to receed slightly, and they waited no more. They know however, that the conditions are far from right and they are involved in a very risky operation to save the missing climbers.
Weather forecasts show a decrease in the wind for tomorrow morning, as the jet stream is moving away from the K2 area. A ridge moves in from Afghanistan giving mainly dry conditions over K2 during Thursday-Friday.
Then a couple of trough will pass eastwards with probably quite a lot of showers. In other words, condition may be slightly better for a rescue attempt tomorrow, but the situation will deteoriate again soon after.
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rwaltermyer
Aug 5, 2004, 8:30 PM
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...still waiting. The teams are near. Should hear tomorrow or Saturday.
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xkyczar
Aug 6, 2004, 3:11 PM
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In reply to: Update from ATP has confirmed that Alexander Gubaev, from Kirguizstan, has died on K2, and two other climbers are missing since July 29th: The missing climbers are Iranian Davoud Khadem Asl and Serguey Sokolov. (The official permit had Sergei Bogomolov listed and he was presumed missing yesterday.) There are no news on Asl and Sokolov.
From:
http://www.everestnews2004.com/...04missingon%20k2.htm
"We understand several web sites have reported that the famous Russian climber Sergey Bogomolov is missing on K2. This is totally FALSE."
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rwaltermyer
Aug 11, 2004, 1:19 PM
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The japanese team didn't find any trace of them during their summit bid. Doesn't appear that anyone will find closure to this mysterious situation-- atleast for a while.
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rwaltermyer
Aug 11, 2004, 3:27 PM
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Thanks to you skib. You intially brought my attention to the matter.
Of course, we really should thank xplorers.net for their amazing coverage of these expeditions.
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