K2: How to Climb the Abruzzi Spur Route - TripSavvy
WEBApr 9, 2019 · The imposing Black Pyramid, a dark pyramid-shaped rock buttress, looms above Camp 2. This 1,200-foot-long section of the Abruzzi Spur offers the most technically demanding climbing on the entire route, with mixed rock and ice climbing on almost vertical cliffs that are usually covered with unstable snow slabs.
K2 - Wikipedia
WEBK2 is notable for its local relief as well as its total height. It stands over 3,000 metres (9,840 ft) above much of the glacial valley bottoms at its base. It is a consistently steep pyramid, dropping quickly in almost all directions.
Climbers ascend K2’s Black Pyramid of the Abruzzi Spur
WEBOur Climber, Guides, Sherpas and Porters climb up the steep, rocky and icy section called the Black Pyramid from Camp 2 to Camp 3 on K2 at about 23,000 ft ASL on July 12, 2016..
K2 Abruzzi Route Climbing 2018 - YouTube
WEBAug 7, 2018 · I climbed K2 on June-July of 2018 with Abruzzi route. I reached to the summit at this climbing. Contents: Houses Chimney, Black Pyramid climbing video, Summit view, etc.
Routes Up to K2’s Summit - Base Camp Magazine
WEBJun 9, 2017 · The Abruzzi Spur passes along some of the mountain’s most technical climbs, “House’s Chimney” and “The Black Pyramid.” It also sees climbers up the “Bottleneck,” which is located just to the left of dangerous seracs.
How an all-Nepali team pulled off one of the most dangerous …
WEBJan 13, 2022 · The two teams chatted over tea the next morning at the camp just below the Black Pyramid and discovered that neither had brought foreign clients. They all wanted K2 for themselves.
Madison Mountaineering Advances to Camp 3 on K2 - Sports …
WEBJul 29, 2024 · The Black Pyramid is an extremely technical feature between Camp 2 and Camp 3 on K2, and arguably the toughest stretch of climbing on the approach to the summit.
Why K2, the King of Mountains, Terrifies Even Experienced …
WEBAug 23, 2023 · Above Camp 2 is the Black Pyramid, or 2,000 feet of very technical rock climbing. Rope ladders are scattered along the route, and some people use supplemental oxygen along this stretch.
K2 - The Armchair Mountaineer
WEBDuring the section between Camp II and Camp III (7,200 m/ 23,622 ft), climbers meet the Black Pyramid – a 400 m (1,312 ft) sequence of the most technical vertical climbing found on K2, navigating both rock and ice.
Triumph and tragedy on K2 - Financial Times
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · O’Brady made short work of the Black Pyramid, a dangerously exposed section of steep rock and ice. But the going was hard, and then the fixed ropes ended just below Camp 3.