Arrival of the participants of the expedition to Broad Peak is scheduled for March 24, 2011

Artur Hajzer and Krzysztof Starek arrive at 4:20 p.m. in Cracow
Robert Szymczak at 4:15 p.m. in Gdańsk

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Broad Peak - arrival of J. Gawrysiak and R. Fronia

Arrival of Rafał Fronia - today at 6:40 p.m. to Wrocław, flight LH 1634 from Munich.
Arrival of Jarek Gawrysiak - today at 4:15 p.m. to Warsaw, flight LH 1614 from Munich.

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Broad Peak, what next?

As the leader of the expedition, Artur Hajzer, has said - summit attempts won’t be undertaken any more due to the fact that from today on there is supposed to be a windstorm and from tomorrow on snowfall. The expedition will start its return to Askole on March 19 or 20.

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Big crevasse stopped Robert Szymczak and Ali Sadpara at 7,830 m

4 climbers: R.Szymczak, K.Starek, A.Sadpara, M.Kaczkan left c3 at 1 o'clock AM March 16. There was no visibility, minus 30 degrees Celsius and weak wind.

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March 15, 2011 at 2 p.m.

The entire assault group rests and gathers its strength for attack in camp III. Robert and Krzysztof still feel the effects of the last assault - today they have been slower than usual.

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Broad Peak March 15, 2011 account made at 8.00 a.m. /12.00 p.m. local time/

 Summit attempt of Broad Peak by the team including Marcin Kaczkan, Krzystof Starek, Robert Szymczak and Ali Sadpara is in progress.

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A SUMMIT ATTEMPT HAS BEGUN - without Artur Hajzer

Weather forecasts made the expedition to accelerate their activities. Although the participants still feel in their muscles the last attack, they have to go up.

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We have begun to bustle around another summit attempt.

We have begun to bustle around another summit attempt. As far, we haven’t received any weather forecasts, but we’ve got a lot of optimism.

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Broad Peak - account dated March 11, 2011- Jarek and Rafał descend

Today Jarosław Gawrysiak and Rafał Fronia have left the expedition. Both started a several day trekking, mostly via the Baltoro Glacier, to the village of Askole, from where they will be able to get to Skardu by jeep.

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Unlucky attack - Broad Peak 10.03.2011

Before the set off, there were discussions concerning the composition of teams and the date of set off. An initial weather window changed, as usually in winter in Karakorum

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