Heading Home

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You can’t wait in freezing weather for long. With some reluctance, we bundled all our belongings onto our backs and headed back down the glacier. The weather did break long enough for us to view K2 in its majesty. There wasn’t enough time for the image to be etched into our memories. And the glimpse […]

Base Camp

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In the last few days, we followed the glacier on foot. It’s been a complete whiteout.The wind is blowing snow onto your mask. You can’t see. The weather is deep into negative temperatures. The feeling in your extremities is biting pain. You can’t feel your digits. You start asking questions.“I don’t belong here?”“Is it time […]