Expedition Advice

Relief as the transit permit to move to basecamp. Stopover in Skardu was wonderful, a fantastic opportunity to get up close with the locals in the town and capital of Skardu District, in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan. Skardu is in the 10 kilometres wide by 40 kilometres  long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and…

Day 5 & 6 K2 Expedition 2015. News filtered through late Friday night that the long awaited journey to Skardu village at the base of the Bolero glacier, the starting point of the long trek to K2 Basecamp was not now possible. In a most heavy debate & heated raised voices between the logistics crews…

Link of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFakR3L3ABU Daily live audio dispatches every day from 5pm on the Lee Gooch Show , Highland Radio.  

UTV Ireland http://utv.ie/playlists/default.aspx?tag=News&bcid=4316106912001 UTV N.Ireland http://www.u.tv/playlists/default.aspx?tag=News&bcid=4316106912001 Highland Radio http://www.highlandradio.com/2015/06/23/highland-radio-the-only-place-to-follow-jason-blacks-k2-adventure-on-air-and-online/ Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/life/irish-climber-jason-black-44-to-attempt-the-worlds-deadliest-mountain-k2-it-shows-that-if-youre-ever-at-the-hands-of-a-bully-you-can-rise-above-it-31314180.html Donegal daily http://www.donegaldaily.com/2015/06/23/mountaineer-black-arrives-safely-in-pakistan-in-his-bid-to-conquer-k2/ Donegal News http://donegalnews.com/2015/06/jason-black-to-tackle-k2-the-mountaineers-mountain/

DAY 1 – IRELAND TO ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN. The long goodbye is finally over and that was one tough week. without a doubt this was the toughest parting , left home at 1.30am sunday and saying goodbye to my two beautiful daughters who now have grown into the most incredible individuals ,creative sensitive ,strong and independent….

Here we go again…. This Monday 22-06-15, I Join the six person International Expedition Team to do battle with the Baddest mountain of all the mighty K2 via the Abruzzi Route. So let me introduce you, 8611m standing as the second highest yet the most difficult mountain in the world and highest peak in Pakistan. K2…