Keeping busy in K2 Base Camp

The Madison Mountaineering Karakoram expeditions team kicked off the weekend with their puja ceremony, then took to the ice to start their technical-skills review! The puja ceremony and technical trainings both, play an important role in many of our expeditions on 8,000-meter peaks – the puja to ask the mountain for safe passage, and technical trainings to sharpen our skills for the climbing to come. Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester checks in with this dispatch from K2 Base Camp:

Hello from K2 Base Camp (4968m/16,300ft)! Today was another sunny day at the foot of the planet’s second highest peak. After breakfast, we held our pre-climb puja to ask the mountains for safe passage before we start climbing. In the afternoon, we started our technical training on the ice formations near camp. All in all it was a great way to spend the 4th of July! We’re looking forward to more technical training tomorrow.

In addition to these expedition dispatches, you can also follow our teams as they make their attempts on the world’s most formidable mountains on:

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