Polish climber to join K2 expedition
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
18.12.2018 06:00
Poland’s Paweł Dunaj is preparing to take part in an expedition led by a Spanish climber to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain.
![The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/76d3ec03-b168-4316-b543-5061530b9911.file "The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
The north side of K2. Photo: Kuno Lechner [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
The team, led by Spain's Alex Txikon, is due to leave for Islamabad in Pakistan on January 2, with plans to set up base camp at Baltoro Glacier 10 days later.
The participation of another Pole, Marek Klonowski, has yet to be confirmed.
The summit of K2 has never been scaled in winter.
In March this year, a Polish expedition abandoned its attempt to reach the summit due to exceptionally bad weather.
Another Polish expedition to K2 is planned for the beginning of 2020.
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