North Face Expedition 2011 -Gasherbrum II

Mountaineering: first winter ascent of the Karakoram eight-thousander

Expedition Gasherbrum II

Gasherbrum II (Pakistan)


It was one of the last blank spots on the map of alpinism: the winter ascent of an eight-thousander at PakistanĀ“s Karakoram mountains. Despite extraordinarily adverse conditions, the three extreme mountaineers Simone Moro (ITA), Denis Urubko (KAZ), and Cory Richards (USA) lived through this adventure with the successful historic first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,034 m).