
If K2 isn’t enough there's more 8000m options on the north side of the Karakorum that include all of the Gasherbrums and broad peak. Often overlooked, both broad peak and the Gasherbrums have their northern & eastern sides in china. Despite being well visited objectives from the Pakistani side, from China they have only had a handful of visits, even less than k2. Each sits at the end of their own glaciers and trips to these peaks are a step beyond even k2, but entirely doable.
Accessed via the same approaches as k2, getting to broad peak & Gasherbrum basecamps requires another one or two days, then like k2, carries to higher camps further up the glaciers. Even less frequented than k2’s lower camps, these are absolute 8000m wildernesses with more complex and barely recorded aspects to the climbing.
For the 8000m expedition aficionado these trips are truly the final word in great peak climbing with as yet no climber having summited multiple – let alone all – 8000m peaks in the Chinese Karakorum, certainly one of the great unclaimed high altitude objectives.
This is a base schedule only. Final trip itinerary may differ
Day 1 - Chengdu
Days 2-15 - Preacclimation in Western Sichuan
Days 15-16 - Transit to Xinjiang
Days 17-23 - Approach
Days 24-25 - Gasherbrum 1 north side basecamp
Days 26-31 - Gasherbrum 1 north glaceir
Days 31-51 - Climbing
Days 52-55 - Return Kashgar
Day 56 - Fly out
- Experienced & qualified western leadership
- Emission offsets & wildlife conservation contribution
- Access to team member equipment pro deal
- All permits, peak fees & required fees
- All administrative costs for bookings, visa support & team oversight
- All accommodation detailed in the trip itinerary
- All transport (inc airport transfers) detailed in the trip itinerary
- All meals for town, transit, approach & basecamp days
- All wages for required staff inc translators, liaision officers, guides, drivers, camp staff & animal drivers
- All vehicle & animal portage costs detailed in the trip itinerary
- All base camp resources detailed in the trip itinerary
- All team climbing equipment
- All on-mountain stove fuel
- Airfares to city of trip start/finish
- Visa fees
- Additional accommodation outside of the trip itinerary
- Additional peak & access fees for changes to objectives outside the details of the trip itinerary
- Personal equipment
- Personal contributions to team equipment as detailed in the trip itinerary
- Personal on-mountain food
- Personal drinks & snacks
- Accommodation & transport for changes made outside the details of the trip itinerary
- Costs for early departure or early termination of a trip
- Personal travel, medical, rescue & equipment insurance
- Transport & entry fees for sightseeing outside the details of the trip itinerary
- $55,000 - $85,000
- August, September 55 - 69 Days
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