At the end of December a Japanese expedition managed to climb to immense south face but was forced to abandon the summit ... with seven 8000m peaks to his name, including k2 via the W ridge in October ...

On Saturday, Hiraide and Nakajima fell an unknown distance from 7,000m on the West Face of K2. They had been trying to open a new alpine-style route up that formidable and dangerous face.

Here, they skied down its south face (1st repetition ... This was their tribute to the retired hut manager. The post K2 Training, Vedrines-Style, in the French Alps appeared first on Explorersweb.

In July 2019, he stood atop Mount Rakaposhi, also in the Karakoram Range, with Nakajima, after opening a new route on its south face. Talking about his latest goal of conquering K2 by a new route ...