News Adam Bielecki and Felix Berg make First Ascent of Gasherbrum II West Face

A Polish-German team consisting of Adam Bielecki and Felix Berg have summitted Gasherbrum II in the Karakoram, making what is arguably the first ascent of the true west face. The first ascent on the west face was in 1975 (Onyszkiewicz, Zdzitowiecki) who entered from the left side of the face (NW). In 1995, Carsolio entered the right side of the wall (SW). Also climbing on this expedition, team members Jacek Czech (POL) returned to base camp from 7500m and Borys Dedeszko (KAZ) retired at 7800m.