Alpinist Magazine Issue 37 - Winter 2011-12 Gift Great change faces a grand

Great change faces a grand

In an adaptation from his book White Planet

AT & Telemark Bindings

But his story doesn't end there

The Ski House

Alpinist Magazine Issue 37 - Winter 2011-12 Gift Great change faces a grandFeatures Mountain Profile: K2, Part I (18561954) In recent years, the "Everestification" of K2 (8611m) has brought increas ing quantities of fixed rope, oxygen bottles and quasi guided expeditions to the world's second highest mountain. Yet despite the spread of com mercialism, this Karakoram giant remains among the most hazardous of the 8000 meter peaks. During the early days of K2's climbing history, its sustained steepness, objective hazards and