CONCORDIA - K2 BASE CAMP
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,296 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 82 ft
- Max elevation
- 16,214 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 14,990 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 138
- Uploaded
- September 2, 2012
near Doksam, Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan)
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Itinerary description
5 to 6 hours.The first few kilometres from Concordia is across difficult crevasses and glacial rivers.You will save time by hiring a guide who knows the way to lead you across the snow bridges.Follow a medial moraine north up the Godwin Austin Glacier,with magnificent views back to Chogolisa.As you approach K2,you look back to Concordia and see the zebra-stripped glaciers sweeping round the corner and disappearing down the Baltoro.The easiest walking is on the ice,but due to constant movement of glaciers the trek keeps on changing from time to time.Stop for lunch at Broad Peak base camp at about 5000m.The memorials to those killed on K2 are about 20 minutes north of K2 Base camp,on the rock face above the junction of Savoia and Godwin Austin glaciers.Walk to the foot of the rock,then scramble up about 30 vertical metres on a rocky path to the memorials, a collection of saucepan lids with the climbers' names and dates hammered onto them.Return by scrambling down the other side of the ridge to the Savoia Glacier.
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