The Cesen/Basque Route is on K2’s south-southeast spur. This route leads to the Shoulder at 7,600m, and from there, it shares the same route to the summit as the Abruzzi Route (Southeast Ridge).

First, they attempted the Southeast Spur and made it to 6,200m. Today, this route is called the Abruzzi Spur and has become K2’s normal route. They also attempted the Northwest Ridge, reaching 6 ...

The Abruzzi Spur Route The most common route on K2 is the Abruzzi Spur, named after the Duke of Abruzzi who attempted the climb in 1909.

The Madison Mountaineering team is tackling the famed Abruzzi Spur route to the summit. The Abruzzi Spur’s base camp sits at approximately 16,896 ft., and ascends through four higher camps.

One thing the team learned was that the Cesen Spur route, though steeper and shorter than the standard Abruzzi Ridge route, exposed the climbers to persistent rock fall.

K2′s most popular ascent route is known as the Abruzzi Spur, or southeast ridge, which extends an extraordinary 3,311 meters (about 10,860 feet) toward the summit.

K2 and the line skied on Sunday 22 July 2018 by Andrzej Bargiel. From the summit the 30-year-old Pole followed the Abruzzi Spur, then plunged down the Cesen route before traversing below the seracs ...

On August 1, 2008, in a single disastrous chain of events, 11 climbers were killed high on K2’s Abruzzi Ridge in Pakistan’s Karakoram Range. One of the worst accidents in mountaineering ...

One thing is certain: "had the summit been our main objective, we would have climbed the Abruzzi Spur. But we were interested in the process, the method and the style of ascent." I.e. true Wanderer, ...

The Madison Mountaineering team is tackling the famed Abruzzi Spur route to the summit. The Abruzzi Spur’s base camp sits at approximately 16,896 ft ., and ascends through four higher camps.