Gasherbrum Expedition pictures

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Gasherbrum 1, 8067 meter, as seen from Basecamp in app. 5000 meter. Gasherbrum icefall in the foreground Henrik Jessen on his way op the icefall with the pyramid of Gasherbrum 1 behind. Jan og Henrik on their way through the Gasherbrum icefall. It can be difficult to find a route through, we found ours in the first attempt. Henrik og Jan crossing a huge crevasse in the upper part of the Gasherbrum icefall.
Mads melting ice in the apsis of our small North Face tent for the high camps. Camp 2 Gasherbrum1. Mads in the bottom of the Japanese couloir before it's steepening and the climb turns to mixed ice and rock. Steep mixed climbing in the middle of the Japanese couloir in app.6500 meter. Jan on his way op the last snowy flank above the Japanese couloir and just beneath camp 3 in 7000 meter.
The view against Gasherbrum 2, 3 and 4 as seen from the tent in camp 3, 7000 meter. Mads during the summit attempt in the early dawn while the cold is still numbing our feet.  Morninglight over Gasherbrum 2 and 3 as seen from the S couloir in 7500 meter during the summit attempt. Happy summiters on the top of Gasherbrum I. Perfect weather allmost windstill and only a little haze to limit the visibility.

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