Polish climbers attempt K2
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
12.01.2018 15:54
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Polish climbers attempt K2
A Polish expedition to K2, the world’s second-highest peak in the Karakoram mountain range of the Himalayas, has reached its base camp at an altitude of 5,150 metres.
![The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/76d3ec03-b168-4316-b543-5061530b9911.file "The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
K2 is the last of the eight-thousanders yet to be conquered in winter. The team is led by Krzysztof Wielicki, a 67-year-old climber who has scaled all 14 of the world’s peaks over 8,000 meters.
“It will be difficult, I know,” said Wielicki, referring to the attempt. “I have made two winter attempts and I know what this means, but we hope everything will go fine.”
While a Polish team is again setting out to climb K2 in winter, “our Western colleagues do not want to try,” he added.