Karakoram Summer 2019: Weather Improves on K2

Last week when we checked in on the teams heading to the Karakoram this summer there was a lot of discussion about how poor the weather has been so far. In fact, there was so much snow falling that all of the efforts to begin acclimatizing had been stymied so far, keeping the climbers in Base Camp while they waited for conditions to improve. This past weekend, the skies cleared and things did indeed improve, allowing a few alpinists to go on the move. But the window isn't expected to last long as more snow is in the forecast.