Skiing down K2

by **Cy Kaicener** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:27 pm

http://k2tallmountain.com -- also has some interesting news and photos

by **Luciano136** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:21 pm

Rob wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:So, in the above picture, where exactly would you draw your ski descent line? It looks like there just isn't any good terrain, crazy!

Looks like he went down the ridge to camp 4, then more down the ridge to camp 3, then rappelled straight down to camp 2, and skiied down to the right (skiers left).

Congratulations Dave Watson...Patrick Vallençant would be proud!
Great pictures too!

Guess I could see that. It looks REALLY steep under camp 2 though, wow!

by **WouterB** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:27 pm

Luciano136 wrote:It looks REALLY steep under camp 2 though, wow!

Probably why not everyone isn't skiing of K2 :wink:

by **Luciano136** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:10 pm

WouterB wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:It looks REALLY steep under camp 2 though, wow!

Probably why not everyone isn't skiing of K2

What are you talking about? I've done it multiple times!!

...in my dreams

by **Luciano136** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:11 pm

I think getting up K2 with skis is probably more of an issue than actually skiing down it.

by **D Watson** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:55 pm

The most difficult skiing was definitely in the bottleneck, couldn't breath with super variable snow and cliffs on the sides and below and very steep. The next most demanding part was just below the House Chimney. That pitch went all the way to the bottom. 4,500 vertical feet. It was frozen corn and white ice. 50 degrees at the top quickly mellowing to 45 then 40. The majority of the slope was 40.

Just that slope from camp 2 down to abc has bigger vert than any ski area in the US. I believe Revelstoke Canada is the only in the NA that is bigger. But we are talking from camp 2 down. Camp 2 is not even halfway up the mountain.

by **welle** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:37 pm

soooo siiiick.....!

by **Cy Kaicener** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:22 pm

Here is a history of first ski descents down 8000 meter peaks by wildsnow.com
http://www.wildsnow.com/2108/ski-8000-meter/

by **Cy Kaicener** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:11 pm

Cy Kaicener wrote:Here is a history of first ski descents down 8000 meter peaks by wildsnow.com
http://www.wildsnow.com/2108/ski-8000-meter/

There is an interesting thread discussing skiing down 8000 meter peaks below the first ski descents list with 87 responses so far.

by **Cy Kaicener** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:55 pm

I saw this interesting article in Rock and Ice magazine
http://www.rockandice.com/inthemag.php? ... onlinenews

by **Buckaroo** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:29 pm

That's some serious stuff.

Yesterday talked to a climber that was on K2 in June and helped with the recovery of the skier that died there after falling off the slope below camp 2.

http://www.atmagazine.co.uk/content/view/1348/95/

by **albanberg** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:38 am

Congratulations! Really amazing!

by **mills** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:01 am

Just an amazing effort to get up K2, then to SKI down....aaaaaaaa ! how mental is that ? Respect guys, one massive achievment :roll:

by **aedwards** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:23 pm

You're going to be at the MWM Outdoor Expo speaking about it?
I'm there!

by **D Watson** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:33 pm

That's right, Sunday Nov 22 at 1pm. U of M Cowles Auditorium
It is a part of Midwest Mountaineering's annual Midwest Adventure Expo. It is a great event that is hosted by a privately owned outdoor shop consistently ranked as one of the top 25 shops in the nation.

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