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NEWS: First Ascent of K2 since 2004

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 Michael Ryan 02 Aug 2006
The Italian husband and wife team of Romano Benet and Nives Meroi summited K2 last week.

More in the news....



http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/
Simon22 02 Aug 2006
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

'They climbed the Abruzzi Spur without oxygen and climbing without sherpas.'


Respect for climbing it in a decent style. That is one savage mountain.
In reply to Simon22:

> 'They climbed the Abruzzi Spur without oxygen and climbing without sherpas.'
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Not many people have climbed K2 with sherpas.
Simon22 02 Aug 2006
In reply to 7lbs overweight:
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I think the point is they climbed it alpine style.......yeah?

Cy Kaicener 03 Aug 2006
In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:
The first Japanese women have just climbed the Cesen route (SSE ridge) on k2 They are aged 21 and 23
http://www.k2climb.net/news.php?id=10305
 nz Cragrat 03 Aug 2006
In reply to Cy Kaicener:

That should read "woman"
Cy Kaicener 03 Aug 2006
In reply to nz Cragrat:
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Only one of them can be the first woman. We should refer to the second one as the "other" woman. How do we phrase it if they both got to the summit at the same time.?
 nz Cragrat 04 Aug 2006
In reply to Cy Kaicener:

Yuka Komatsu is the female of the two climbers.
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