K2 2025 Coverage: Ryan Mitchell After K2
Published: September 9, 2025
Duration: 56:40
Ryan Mitchell, a Summit Coach client, is back from his recent K2 attempt. They were thwarted by a deadly rockfall that killed two other people on other teams.
They climbed to Camp 1 to see the conditions firsthand and abandoned their expedition. However, they climbed a previously unclimbed peak near K2 for acclimatization, so there was some solid mountaineering this year for the Madison Mountaineering team led by Terray Sylvester.
They also collected 600 pounds of trash, primarily from the K2 Base Camp and Advanced Base Camp, which were exposed to...