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11.02.2021 (Mingma G 🇳🇵)
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11.02.2021 (Mingma G 🇳🇵)
(ORGINAL TXT) Here is my team members @dawatenjin and @kilu.sherpa.5 in the video. After Nims Dai team left the summit, we spent some more time to take more videos and pictures on the summit. This year’s K2 summit is emotionally memorable to me and my Nation. Thanks to my @imaginenepal team for the big support and @himali for the gears sponsorship. We have more adventure in future to come.
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10.02.2021 (Tamara Lunger)
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10.02.2021 (Tamara Lunger)
(ORGINAL TXT) I was able to say goodbye. It's been difficult. I didn't even feel the strength to face the trek and instead I have to say that it's doing good to me. The beauty of nature, the mountains, the snowflakes and the sun give me back the contact and the connection with this world and also with myself. The people who are with me in these days are helping me to have some good moments too! Thank you Seven Summit Team & staff, cooks and helpers and porters. I am so grateful to be able to go through this with you. .
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09.02.2021 (Colin O'Brady 🇺🇸)
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09.02.2021 (Colin O'Brady 🇺🇸)
(ORGINAL TXT) FOND MEMORIES - As I make my way back home I keep going back through my final days on K2. Memories of JP, Ali, and John won’t quit. I’ll share a few brief ones in memory of my friends who have passed away.
On Feb 4th I’d been climbing alone all day and was the first person to arrive to where the fixed ropes ended just before Camp 3 around 2pm. About an hour later, JP was the next to arrive. JP and I had become very close friends as we shared a small dining tent in Basecamp. I was thrilled to see him after having been alone. Neither us of knew exactly where High Camp 3 was located, but in typical JP alpine style he suggested we continue on without fixed ropes as he was carrying a rope and 7 ice screws. He told me, “Colin, let’s go!” Yesterday was JP’s birthday. We had talked about celebrating after the summit with a big cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my dear friend. I hope you are smiling down from above.
Ali Sadpara is the Michael Jordan of climbing in Pakistan. Even with his incredible experience and accolades, Ali was one of the humblest, kindest, best dancing, most hilarious people I’d ever met. We bonded in Basecamp. On the night of Feb. 4th after I had reached High Camp 3 and set up my tent, Ali arrived a bit later. He had no tent with him, as his son, Sajid, was carrying their tent and was behind him. So I invited Ali into my tent out of the cold. We were having trouble lighting our stove and since he was a veteran of 8000m winter expeditions he showed me a crafty trick with matches heating the outside of the gas canister to light the frozen stove. All smashed in my tent together, Ali’s humor and positivity never subsided. I’ll never forget his smile and kind eyes.
The day prior, on Feb 3rd, John Snorri and I left from Basecamp for the summit push within a few minutes of each other around 4am. As such, our paths crossed many times on the route, but most memorably was a cup of tea we shared, resting on a ledge together near Camp 1, marveling at the beauty of our surroundings and the excitement we both felt lay ahead.These memories make me smile, thinking fondly on the good that was present on K2, not just the tragedy. RIP my friends. .
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09.02.2021 (Dr Jon Kedrowski)
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09.02.2021 (Dr Jon Kedrowski)
(ORGINAL TXT) Leaving this place behind..... possibly forever. It’s really hard to say how I’ll feel a week from now, a month from now, a year from now. Right now I’m looking at this experience as life changing. The carnage on this peak on this trip was downright cruel. This mountain taught everyone a lesson - the most valuable was that above all else it should be respected with caution. Life should be appreciated because it can be taken away in an instant. Looking forward to going home to warmer temperatures and some powder to ski.🙏🏻
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09.02.2021 (Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵)
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09.02.2021 (Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵)
(ORGINAL TXT) Due to the continuous bad weather (forecast) further seven days more, Our expedition is off and we all are returning from basecamp toward Skardu. •Imtiaz and Akbar headed to high camp yesterday, cook, LO, kitchen boys from Jasmine tours (operator of John and Ali's expedition) are still at basecamp supplying the supports. •Due to the bad weather, no helicopter search flight for today, when the weather permits the authorities will send more HAP for ground SAR. It's been more than 90 hours, no news of the mountaineers Juan, Muhammad Ali, and John Snorri missing on K2 since last Friday. • I will have very limited internet access on the way back, may not reach you. 😞
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09.02.2021 (Elia Saikaly) Instagram update 22 hrs ago
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09.02.2021 (Elia Saikaly) Instagram update 22 hrs ago
(ORGINAL TXT) (ORGINAL TXT) Instagram update 22 hrs ago Where there is hope there could be life. Search and rescue attempts for our team members John Snorri, Ali Sadpara and climber Juan Pablo Mohr have been ongoing for the last 48 hours. The incredibly talented Pakistani Military pilots have been circling K2 high above basecamp searching for our friends. Yesterday, I embarked on one of the SAR missions with the pilots who identified a few potential leads that synced up with the yellow and red down suits that John and Ali were wearing. From a great distance, it proved to be a solid lead, but unfortunately with a telephoto lens, close fly by and expanded view later on a laptop showed that these leads unfortunately turned out to be a similarly colored tent, mat and sleeping bag. These photos will be further analyzed. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions at basecamp, anticipating a miracle, praying that somehow John, Ali and JP are still alive.
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09.02.2021 (Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto 🇨🇱) 🙏🏽
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09.02.2021 (Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto 🇨🇱) 🙏🏽
There is a smile that does not go off so easily. We hug you from here. Happy 34! from : Club Los 14
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09.02.2021 (Oswald Rodrigo Pereira)
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09.02.2021 (Oswald Rodrigo Pereira)
(ORGINAL TXT) Memories of a peaceful night at K2 Advanced Base Camp (5300m) and last days of 2020. Things were so calm that time. And we couldn’t wait to put our boots on and start the climb.
UPDATE 2: (ORGINAL TXT) It was December 29th early morning. Really cold. We woke up at Concordia and at some point we saw IT: K2. A mountain so savage among many others around it imposes respect at first sight. . The picture is not the best due to conditions at that time but is shows how massive is this Monster. . Now it is February 9th, it is six weeks later. I got the Lesson of my life and I’m ready to go home.
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08.02.2021 (Magdalena Gorzkowska 🇵🇱)
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08.02.2021 (Magdalena Gorzkowska 🇵🇱)
(ORGINAL TXT) Incredible and very painful experiences, wonderful people, unforgettable moments. No words can describe how much this trip gave me. Each day was a pile of events. Good, bad, tragic. I had a whole range of feelings, from the worst to the most beautiful, and I wouldn't trade them for anything else. The worst ones always teach us the most and we have to learn from them. On expeditions, life goes faster, we come back better, richer, wiser, more humble. For that, I love them the most.
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08.02.2021 (Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto 🇨🇱)
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08.02.2021 (Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto 🇨🇱)
They have been days of uncertainty, the search in K2 continues without positive results, but here we are, trusting in the heart that you carry inside and in the strength that is in your steps, that they will surely know how to guide you. We know what you are capable of, that is why our hope remains intact, we continue to accompany you from here, with our best energies, we are waiting for you., we come back better, richer, wiser, more humble. For that, I love them the most. from: Club Los 14
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08.02.2021 (Colin O'Brady 🇺🇸)
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(ORGINAL TXT) 3 MORE FRIENDS GONE - I have been holding back writing this post, hanging on to a glimmer of hope that my friends could still be alive. But it’s now been four nights since I was with Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and JP Mohr at high Camp 3 on K2 and still they haven’t been heard from after leaving to climb for the summit — while I, for some reason, chose to listen to my gut and turn back. It is now presumed their lives have been lost, making it a total of 5 deaths on K2 this season. Even writing these words it still doesn’t seem real. These guys were the best. I admired them all. We all became very close after trekking, climbing, eating, and laughing together daily, while supporting one another like family the past 45 days. I have so many fond memories with all of these guys flooding through my head. I can’t believe they are gone. All three men were fathers. My heart is broken for their children and families. These men were remarkable humans — kind, loving, with the highest integrity. They will all be missed terribly. In loving memory of all 5 incredible souls who were lost on K2 this winter: @jp.mohr @muhammadalisadpara @john.snorri @atanasskatovathlete @sergimingote I now begin my journey home from K2 even though pieces of my heart will be left behind. I’m forever changed. 💔.
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08.02.2021 (Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵)
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08.02.2021 (Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵)
(ORGINAL TXT) Today we were able to make search flights all over 7000m by 2 Army helicopters with the help of the Army Aviation 5 squadron. Pilots, Lakpa Dendi, and I went through the areas that we were aware of, to locate missing climbers Ali, John Snorri, and Juan Pablo Mohr in K2. We had less visibility and the upper mountain is covered in clouds. For the last three days, pilots made a great job, out of their limits but we can't find any clues there. The team is waiting for another permissible weather and search possibility. •Grateful and thankful to 🇵🇰 the Pakistani Army, @foreignofficepk, MFA Iceland, Simone Moro, Vanessa O'Brien and all ground admin team for your support. 🙏
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08.02.2021 (Elia Saikaly)
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08.02.2021 (Elia Saikaly)
(ORGINAL TXT) The last number of days on K2 have been incredibly difficult. Firstly, John Snorri and Ali Sadpara have not been seen or heard from since the morning of the 5th. They were last seen by Ali’s son Sajid at the bottleneck late morning when Sajid turned around due to an oxygen regulator problem. He is now with us safe at basecamp. PK, Fazel and I (minus Jalal) made a push from basecamp to camp 3 over 3 days after being here for 2.5 weeks. We suffered, but kept pushing upwards, loaded like mules again, gathering footage, trying to catch up with John, Ali and Sajid. We intersected with them at camp 2. The plan was to follow/film them as far as we could if we were strong enough from camp 3. We eventually were below camp 3 when we learned there was a serious miscommunication about the extra oxygen we purchased, which unacclimatized was our lifeline, so we descended to Japanese camp 3 and spent the night listening to the brutal radio communications of climbers sandwiched into tents at high camp 3. We knew we were in harms way without ample oxygen so we packed it in. This update is from 48 hours ago. We are now back online and will be posting updates as they come in. We are praying for a miracle over here.
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08.02.2021 (Tamara Lunger) 🙏
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08.02.2021 (Tamara Lunger) 🙏
(ORGINAL TXT) (ORGINAL TXT) Miss you JP! Today is your birthday and our plan was to celebrate, but instead I'm here speechless, with tears in my eyes and a lot of questions. Knowing that the chances of seeing you again are close to 0. I'm thankful that I was lucky enough to meet you with your smile, your energy and all the passion and love inside of you. That this was of such short duration I did not expect and it breaks my heart, so much!!! May the angels take you where you are well, protected and happy. Thank you so much for this intense time, it was a huge help to have you near me with all this tragedy. I am grieving for your family as well and sending all the strength I can! My heart also cries for Alì e John, the mountain this time has taken so much from me, right now it seems to me also the love for what I do. This expedition for me was the most brutal I have experienced. An adventure that started as a dream and ended in a nightmare that will chase me for a long time! Looking forward now will be the thing to do! It will be difficult but I will do my best. I will start from here: I will try to turn my back on K2 to find some peace! Today we all leave for our journey back home. JP, Alì, John, Sergi and Antanas I will carry you in my heart forever ❤️ Thanks to all of you who stand by me.
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07.02.2021 Atanas Skatov
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07.02.2021 Atanas Skatov
(ORGINAL TXT) There is no words which can describe our sadness and loss! Now Atanas is up there above the mountains. In a better place! His life was full of meaning. He had a cause for which he died. He managed to motivate so many people to change their lives and also their attitude towards nature and environment. He fulfilled his mission in this world. He showed us that a person a plant-based diet could achieve a lot as he did (10x8000 meters) We lost an unique man, who was also a big dreamer and an idealist. Rest in piece! Thank you for having you in our lives! We will never forget your smiling face! We all love you !
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07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara news from Mingma G 🙏🏽
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07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara news from Mingma G 🙏🏽
Firstly I would like to request all the medias in Pakistan, Iceland and Chile to keep distance from Muhammad Ali’s, John’s and Pablo’s family. Please please, this is not the time to go and bother their family for the benefit of your own news agency. The president @dr.arifalvi , Tourism Minister @sayedz.bukhari all know Muhammad Ali which mean Ali is the Nation’s pride and wonderful person. Same is with John and Pablo. I am very happy to see Sajid and still praying for the miracles on K2 happen but we are now at a phase of accepting the truth considering the situation. Imagine how this young man must be feeling....... I have no words to write further in such a difficult situation. Thanks everyone for the help in search and rescue mission. #PRAY_FOR_THEM TXT Mingma G
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07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara
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📡 ▪️ 🇵🇱 Sajid Sadpara syn Alego Sadpary dotarł do Skardu
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07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara 🙏 (ORGINAL TXT) Sajid Sadpara son of Ali Sadpara has reached Skardu🙏🏽 thx pakistanmountainnews
UPTADE 2: 07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara 🙏 (ORGINAL TXT) Sajjad Ali Sadpara reached back to Skardu and had talk whit media people. According to him they were climbing bottleneck around 11.00, o clock at day time on that day when he turned back and bottleneck is the most technical point most tough point to climb). I am sure they ( the three climbers ) summitted the K2 but while coming back may be they got accident at bottleneck or below says Sajid son of Ali Sadpara thx pakistanmountainnews
UPTADE 3: 07.02.2021 Sajid Sadpara 🙏 (ORGINAL TXT) Sajid Sadpara talk with media The last time I saw my father climbing the bottleneck: Sajid Sadpara Sajid, son of Ali Sadpara, a mountaineer who went missing while heading to K2, has reached Skardu from K2 base camp. What else did he see during these three days: Sajid Sadpara, son of climber Ali Sadpara, who went missing while climbing the world's second highest peak K2, has reached Skardu from K2 base camp in a Pakistani Army helicopter used for rescue. He is said to have last seen his father at an altitude of 8,200 meters. Talking to some media persons, Sajid Sadpara said that he was convinced that Ali Sadpara's team had reached the top of K2 and on their return an incident could have been taken place due to bad weather and strong winds.
Asked about the search operation, he said, "If more than two or three days pass, the chances of any human being surviving at an altitude of more than 8,000 meters with the severity of the cold weather are slim." The rescue operation should continue for the search of the bodies. He thanked the entire nation for praying for him in this difficult time. After arriving at the K2 base camp, Sajid Sadpara was very tired and mentally disturbed, so it was difficult for him to travel to Skardu by road, so he was airlifted to Skardu on Sunday evening. Sajid said the K2 campaign had started on December 5 and he was with his father. Except fathers and son in the expedition all were foreign climbers. "On the night of February 5, they started the final summit of K2," he said, referring to the incident on K2. There were four climbers, including him and his father, while other groups of Nepali and European climbers were descending from Camp Three. It should be noted that both Pakistani climbers had decided to climb to the top without oxygen, but backup oxygen cylinders were kept together so that they could be used in case of difficulty. Sajid Sadpara said that when he went up from Camp No. 3 and reached 8200 meters, he felt that his oxygen was running low and his brain was being affected due to lack of oxygen. He said his father told him to use the oxygen he had with him for emergencies, but when he was wearing an oxygen mask, his regulator leaked, leaving him unusable. Sajid said that instead of risking his life, his father sent him back to get better, leaving his father (Ali Sadpara) and the two foreign climbers in the bottleneck area. He left and started landing towards the camp 3. It should be noted that at an altitude of 8200 meters is the location of the bottleneck, which comes after Camp Four. This is a very difficult route after which the peak of K2 was only 411 meters away. Sajid added that the last time he saw his father was climbing at bottleneck. It was twelve o'clock on February 5, and when Sajid reached Camp Three below at an altitude of 7350 meters, it was five o'clock in the evening. He said Ali Sadpara's team had no walkie-talkie so they had no communication. Sajid added that from Camp III, he contacted the base camp below and said that he had arrived and he told that Ali Sadpara team will also arrive Camp III after the summit at 10 or 11 pm on February 5. Sajid Sadpara said that he stopped at Camp III because when the team will return from Summit, he will make them tea and water, so he waited all night in Camp III for Ali Sadpara's team and also kept the lights on so that they would not have difficulty finding the camp on their way back at night. He added that on the morning of February 6, he contacted the base camp again and told them that the team had not returned, so he told them to come down because the weather was bad at higher camp.
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07.02.2021 about 05.02 Lakpa Dendi Sherpa
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(ORGINAL TXT) Rest is Peace dai 🙏 •Each morning we used to hug each other, used to talk a lot about climbing, had a plan to climb the next mountain together, Atanas dai, a man with a great climbing spirit and experiences, you will be in our heart and your soul will be in the mountain. •On 5th Feb as we saw the summit weather window in the forecast, ends in the early morning, we all decided to descend back to the basecamp. Several climbers were ahead and behind Atanas dai and me. Colin (Black Pyramid), Elia, and PK (below Japanese C3) were ahead and behind Noel, Tomaz, Tamara, Antonios and Sherpas. On that day I remember Atanas filmed a short video and started moving down, changing his safety from one rope to another. All of sudden in blink of an eye, he fell down and disappeared. I still cannot believe that he is gone from us, we lost a great mountaineer, and it’s a huge loss in mountaineering history. Deep condolences to Sheny @sheny.b, his family, and friends.
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07.02.2021 (Dr Jon Kedrowski)
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📡 ▪️ 🇵🇱 Minęło sporo czasu tutaj w Pakistanie. Moje serce pęka dla wspinaczy, których straciliśmy i tych, o których nie słyszeliśmy. Jest to niestety ryzyko i scenariusze, które wszyscy podpisujemy, aby zaakceptować, gdy wspinamy się na taką górę. Nie życzę nikomu tragedii, które się tutaj wydarzyły, ale rzeczywistość jest taka, że ta góra pochłonęła tak wiele istnień ludzkich na przestrzeni lat, a ludzie tutaj zdecydowali się tu być i próbować się wspinać. Lekcje, których uczymy się po drodze, są zdecydowanie ważniejsze niż jakikolwiek szczyt. Jestem wdzięczny, że miałem okazję doświadczyć tego miejsca – i czuję teraz tak wiele emocji. Myślę o rodzinach tych mężczyzn, którzy zginęli. Każdy z nich miał dzieci i innych ludzi, którzy się o nich troszczą. Modlę się i wysyłam miłość i szacunek do wszystkich, których dotknęły te wydarzenia. Tęsknię za moimi zaginionymi przyjaciółmi i mam nadzieję, że wszyscy są w bezpiecznym niebiańskim miejscu.
07.02.2021 (Dr Jon Kedrowski)
(ORGINAL TXT) It’s been a long time here in Pakistan. My heart is heavy for the climbers we have lost and the ones we haven’t heard from. This is sadly the risk and scenarios we all sign up to accept when we are climbing a mountain like this. I don’t wish the tragedies that have unfolded here on anyone, but the reality is that this mountain has claimed so many lives over the years and the people here have chosen to be here and try to climb here. The lessons we learn along the way are clearly more important than any summit. I am grateful to have a chance to experience this place- and feel so many emotions right now. Thinking of the families of these men lost. They each had children and other people that care about them. Praying and sending love and respect to everyone impacted by these events here. I miss my friends lost and hope they are all in a safe heavenly place. #themountaindecides #k2 #k2winter #pakistan #lessons #grateful #karakoram @jp.mohr @john.snorri @muhammadalisadpara @atanasskatovathlete @sergimingote
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07.02.2021 (Oswald Rodrigo Pereira) 🙏
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📡 ▪️ 🇵🇱 Myśląc o trzech Towarzyszach (JP, JS, AS), którzy wciąż są tam na górze
07.02.2021 (Oswald Rodrigo Pereira) 🙏 (ORGINAL TXT) The mountain is calm when there is a storm... the mountain is calm when there is fog. The mountain is calm when there is sun. Calmness is the wisdom of the mountains. Those who have lived everything are always calm // thinking about the three Companions (JP, JS, AS) that are still up there 🗻
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07.02.2021 Adriana Brownlee
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📡 ▪️ 🇵🇱 Obecne wiadomości z k2 są niesamowicie niepokojące. Moje modlitwy kieruję do Ali Johna i JP. Wszyscy są absolutnymi legendami na swój własny, niepowtarzalny sposób i nie wspominając o epickich wspinaczach. Chwytam się tej małej odrobiny nadziei, że nic im nie jest.
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(ORGINAL TXT) The current news from k2 has been incredibly worrying. My prayers go out to Ali John and JP. All absolute legends in their own unique way and not to mention epic climbers. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Grasping onto that small bit of hope that they are okay. 🖤
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07.02.2021 (Chhang Dawa Sherpa 🇳🇵) - Rest In Peace my dear friend (Atanas Skatov)🙏
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07.02.2021 (Nimsdai 🇳🇵) - Ali Sadpara, John Snorri i JP Moh 🙏🏽
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