K2 Trek Day 11: Return from Goro II to Urdukus - Racpat Morocco to Holland 2023 - CycleBlaze

K2 Trek Day 11: Return from Goro II to Urdukus

15 September 2023

Getting off the glacier. Downhill is tricky.

Another beautiful sunrise behind Gasherbrum
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Hiking the center moraine of the Baltoro glacier
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Great Trango
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Following some ice ridges
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Hussain is headed on to Urdukus. He is carrying about 25kg and walks at twice our speed.
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Our mules pass us.
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Masherbrum.
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Seracs
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Crossing crevasse
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The trickiest part of the trek. Muhammad and Nahid guide us across one at a time. We later hear that on the way up on of our mules fell down here but fortunately escaped with minor injuries.
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This mule did not make it.
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First class assistance crossing streams and crevasses
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A soft silvery metal is included in these rocks. It rubs off on your fingers. Tin or lead?
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Bill ShaneyfeltRubs of on your fingers... might be graphite?
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Bill Shaneyfelthttps://www.dakotamatrix.com/mineralpedia/6221/graphite
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Towards the Trango
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Snacks are ready on arrival to camp. This is the heart of the mountain goat killed a few days ago.
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View from our tent at Urdukus. The Trango mountains.
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The light changes every minute
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Workers ar Urdukus taking a break. The Italian Count Abruzzi, during the first expedition to K2 established this campsite. The park is working hard to enlarge the camping area.
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