Skiing down K2

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Luciano136

 
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by Luciano136 » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:05 pm

Nice!! Congrats!! I'l have to check out your site!
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by Brad Marshall » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:06 pm

Cool!
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by Joe White » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:33 pm

Thanks for sharing...

so cool...
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by Kara » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:15 pm

Dave Watson. Wow. In our little climbing community, a friend mentioned that someone had skied K2... And here you are. Well done. Must have been so much fun. I can understand other climbers being concerned about you skiing, but on the other hand, we think it might be safer...for the time savings on the descent, ie less exposure to danger. You deserve all the promotion you can get!!! Outstanding.
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by D Watson » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:35 pm

Thanks you all for the nice words, I appreciate it.
http://k2tracks.com
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by D Watson » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:43 pm

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I thought some of you might like this. The classic Abruzzi Ridge on K2. Camps 2 (6600m), 3 (7300m), and 4 (7850m) are shown. I rappelled between camps 3 and 2 down the "Black Pyramid"
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by gegarrenton » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:46 pm

I'm still in awe. Way to go man!
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by MScholes » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:47 pm

Bautiful site, with great footage and photos.
Congrats on the whole expedition.
Keep it up man!
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by Luciano136 » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:51 pm

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! :shock:
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by Rob » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:03 am

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! :shock:


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! :D
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by Diego Sahagún » Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:10 am

Gracias Dave. Great stuff :!:
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by eferesen » Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:21 am

Gangsta!!!! Wow the pictures are wonderful
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by logikal » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:07 pm

your a beast... so awesome man. Way to go!!
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Skiing down k2

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

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