A RESCUE ATTEMPT IS IN PROGRESS ON K2, details are not confirmed and communicating is sketchy – for friends & family only of Ger contact Pat on 087 2540204
Please go to the expedition website below for details
www.noritk2.nl
This is the latest update form there below:
This is the new article on the organisation of the ongoing rescue attempts at K2.
In this part of the screen you will find NEW and IMPORTANT messages.
At the end of this article an up to date list of people and whereabouts is published.
You can open this article in full by clicking the title.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES FROM GERARD.
GERARDS SATPHONE IS NOT WITH HIM. Pemba carried some stuff down from the summit In it is GER’s satphone PEMBA is using Ger’s satphone during the rescue. PLEASE STOP SENDING MESSAGES!!! to that satphone.
TO GER’s family: This would explain why we are not able to contact him or why he is not able to contact you. It might well be that he is one of the climbers stil on descend from the Bottleneck.
If you are a family member and you want to communicate something very important please use the following emailadress NORITK2@TANGRAM.NL
ONLY TO BE USED FOR HOME TEAM MEMBERS MARCO, GERARD, HUGUES, or somebody I mistakenly forgot
Members of Hugues d’Aubarede home team please send email to noritk2@tangram.nl We don’t have any contactinformation from you in case we need it at the K2BC Coordination Centre. Thanks!
STATUS AS FAR AS WE KNOW
The latest weatherinformation was send to Rescue coordination in K2BC.
K2BC can see 6 people standing still in the Bottleneck. Two HAP’s are on their way up.
ROELAND in K2BC
CAS en PEMBA (rescueteam and we are in contact)
WILCO just called Heleen. We are still searching for him.
MARCO left Bivouac whereabouts unknown
MARK (rescueteam We are in contact with him!)
JELLE on its way down to K2BC
GERARD unknown
HUGUES unknown
Explorersweb (thanks tom) is asking thuraya for the positions of the last 5 calls from the satphones from Wilco . We found Gerards phone. As soon as we receive that information it will be send to K2Bc Coordination Centre
K2BC NL is in direct contact with:
Italian Home team
Explorersweb (satphonenumbers)
K2BC coordination centre
Norwegian home team members
PLEASE USE FOLLOWING EMAILADRESS bjorn.sekkeseter@gmail.com
OR PHONENUMBER 48012723 (Thanks Bjorn Sekkesaeter!!!)
