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Out front was Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian whose friendly smile and sisterly spirit hides her astonishing strength in the mountains. This is her fourth expedition to K2 and after summiting Everest this spring without oxygen, if successful, will make her the third woman to summit all 14 of the world’s 8000-meter peaks and more importantly, the cartier Must De Cartier watches first to climb them all without oxygen. Huge respect.Right behind Gerlinde was Fabrizio Zangrilli, a professional climber and guide for one of the two commercial expeditions attempting K2 this year. On his sixth expedition--four on the Cesen Route--perhaps no one has more experience on this side of the mountain than Fabrizio.Of course, Fredrik, The Super Swede, was right up front with Gerlinde and Fabrizio, swapping leads and breaking trail.

From C2 to C3 was more of the same although with the benefit that the wind had scoured the snow from the ridge the suce hard-packed, easy walking. In the meantime, over on The Abruzzi Ridge, the crew that had planned to meet us on The Shoulder for a combined summit push had arrived at their C2 to find all but one of their tents either blown away or shredded. The Italians, Giuseppe and Sergio, cartier Panthere watches decided to descend while nine other climbers bivvied below House’s Chimney in three tents in what sounds like truly miserable conditions.Back on the Cesen, Frippe and I were super excited about moving from C3 to C4--a day that would take us from 7100m (23, 294 ft) to 8000m (26, 247 ft) in one long day.

Straight out of the gate I was feeling a high-gravity day and passed our tent to Frippe who added it to his already heavy pack. I also passed 60 meters of rope to Fabrizio who gave it back three pitches later after I had eaten a bit and was replica cartier Pasha C Chronograph watches feeling stronger--lifesaver. The wind still blew like crazy but the sun came out for the first time in several days which made everyone feel a whole lot better. Until it went down. From the back of the line Fabrizio shouted over the wind for a halt.