Majestic face of K2 (8611-M), Karakoram : Photos, Diagrams & Topos : SummitPost

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Nikman - Sep 14, 2007 6:28 am - Voted 10/10

Impressive ...

I have to go to Pakistan !!!

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 8:31 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Impressive ...

You are welcome.

Best regards,
Afzal

bongsunkee - Sep 14, 2007 7:12 am - Voted 10/10

what a pleasure!!

to see this k2........
thanks a lot, afzal.
best regards

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 8:32 am - Hasn't voted

Re: what a pleasure!!

Thank you very much for your vote and nice comments.

Best regards,
Afzal

Kaallin Krimp - Sep 14, 2007 7:45 am - Voted 10/10

Great mountain!

Really impressive and spectacular view of K2, this is a great landscape and a good photo. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers, Kaallin!

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 8:33 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Great mountain!

Thank you very much for your vote and beautiful comments.

Best regards,
Afzal

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 8:34 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Spectacular mountain!

Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Afzal

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Sep 14, 2007 10:40 am - Voted 10/10

What a shame

K2 isn't the highest!

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 12:29 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: What a shame

K-2 is the second highest mountain on earth. Thank you very much for your vote.

Best regards,
Afzal

steste - Sep 15, 2007 12:21 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: What a shame

Yes, this is what altimeters say. But for people climbing it K2 is undoubtedly the highest ;-)
Cheers.
S.

Afzal - Sep 15, 2007 1:44 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: What a shame

Thank you for your vote and comments. Yes, climbing of K-2 is undoubtedly is highest. K-2, only 773 feet lower than Everest, is considered the most challenging and beautiful of all mountains.

The world’s renowned climber Mr. Reinhold Messner, rates K-2 the toughest of all. In his ascent in company with others he recorded his thoughts: “Ahead of us, there it stands, this summit pyramid. It all makes absolute sense without being at all rational or irrational ... The feelings sometimes comes to me that I have already died and therefore have nothing left to lose. It washes over me in the early morning when I awake from a restless, dreamless sleep. I busy my self and feel inwardly calm and content. Nothing worse can happen to me”.

But why he climbs against such odds is well explained. In reach of the second-highest point on earth he was overwhelmed by his emotions. “I am no longer myself, and yet once again I am”. “The wonderful twilight enfolds me and fills me with freedom – also perhaps with longing and with sadness. It is as if a time awaited me, which has yet to come – the twilight over the valleys.”

He has seen the long, long shadow of K-2 lengthening in the evenings until it casts it pyramid profile many, many kilometers to the east, a unique phenomenon, a spectacle no words can describe and that only a brave few will ever experience, on the top of the world, where man and mountains meet and continent collide.

Best regards,
Afzal

Nanuls - Sep 14, 2007 2:04 pm - Voted 10/10

Very pretty

What a sight! Your very lucky to have been there.

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 2:32 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Very pretty

Thank you very much for your vote and nice comments.
Best regards,
Afzal

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 10:48 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Another Awesome Photo!

Thank you very much for your vote and beautiful comments. K-2 is favorite mountain for all. I would be very happy to attach it to Favorite Mountains album.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Afzal

Dan Dalton - Sep 14, 2007 3:16 pm - Voted 10/10

Purely amazing!

Almost looks like K2 is alive with the clouds parting around it. Truly amazing, I hope to be able to see this in person one day.

Dan

Afzal - Sep 14, 2007 10:51 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Purely amazing!

Thank you very much for your vote and nice comments. I personally invite you to come explore and experience Karakoram. I promise you the journey of lifetime to see my country's most incredible places and friendly faces.
Best regards,
Afzal