Three climbers of the Pakistan K2 Expedition successfully reached the K2 mountain Camp-1 at 6,100 meters on Tuesday despite heavy snowfall on Monday night, said Munir Ahmed, the spokesperson of the Expedition and the Communication Consultant with the Ev-K2-CNR, while updating the media from the EV-K2-CNR Islamabad office. He said, "The daring mountaineers include the Climbing Lead Hassan Jan, Ali Rozi and Muhammad Hassan who made to the K2 Camp-1 very briskly despite of heavy snow fall.
They also fixed ropes along the mountaineering route Abruzi Spur that was used by the Italian expedition 60 years back, and said to be the most difficult one. Our mountaineers are using the same route to celebrate the first ascent." Munir told this scribe that another five climbers of the Pakistan K2 Expedition would spend night at the K2 Advance Base Camp (K2 ABC). Most of the necessary goods, equipment and food have been shifted to the Advance Base Camp of the K2 Mountain.
Pakistan K2 Expedition is the first-ever all-Pakistani mountaineers venture endorsed and supported by the Gilgit-Baltistan government. As many as eight mountaineers from Gilgit-Baltistan have been sponsored by the Italian organisation Ev-K2-CNR to mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2 by an Italian expedition on July 31, 1954. The Pakistani team started their journey on June 14, 2014, and reached the K2 Base Camp last Saturday.
The Team leader is Muhammad Taqi, skilled alpinist that was leader also at the Broad Peak, with him are Hassan Jan (climber leader), Muhammad Sadiq, Ghulam Mehdi, Ali Durani, Ali Rozi, Muhammad Hassan, Rehmat Ullah Baig. This Pakistani team successfully climbed the Broad Peak last year. In the last 60 years different single Pakistani climbers reached K2 summit, but there had been no all-Pakistani mountaineers' team to attempt the most famous mountain of the country.
Agostino Da Polenza, president Ev-K2-CNR who reached K2 Summit from north side in 1983, and has been the team leader of three expedition on K2, met the G-B mountaineers that last year at the Broad Peak Base Camp. He says, "Receiving my compliments the Pakistani mountaineer told me their dream to climb K2 and asked for help. I was glad to help them. So here we are, the expedition has reached the Base Camp, and I hope that all Pakistani mountaineers will reach the summit. Our technical team experts, Maurizio Gallo, Michele Cuccchi, and Simone Origone are there to guide and help the Pakistani mountaineers."
Agostino said, "This would also a project useful to promote the Central Karakorm National Park, with its new Management plan on which EvK2CNR also worked during this last 5 years very hard together with the Karakoram International University, and the Gilgit-Baltistan Government. This is the K2 National Park and it is very important now to promote this extraordinary land." At the base camp, for the scientific mission there would be Ev-K2-CNR researchers, and also a documentary-maker, Daniele Nardi, who will report the entire expedition to international channels.
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