K2 Climb

K2 is known around the world among climbers as one of the toughest mountains in the world to summit. Only 700 feet less than Everest but Everest is a tourist cakewalk in comparison. The northface is a grueling treacherous technically difficult climb challenging one’s endurance, courage, and tenacity. That is why I have choose it as my first mountain to summit.

Editor’s question: Have you summitted K2?

Author’s answer : It depends what you mean by summit.

Editor: I mean have you stood on the top of the mountain with nothing else higher to climb.

Author: Not exactly.

Editor : So you haven’t summited.

Author: Not yet.

Editor : You submitted a picture which you titled “Author summiting K2.”

Author: That’s correct.

Editor : but you haven’t summited.

Author: I was on my way.

Editor : And then.

Author: I got distracted.

Editor : In the picture there is a grab rail behind you.

Author: Yes, the picture was taken at the “scenic overlook for K2.”

Editor : There appears to be an vertical steel beam and store shelves behind you.

Author: Yes, there does appear to be that.

Editor : Why?

Author: Because it’s there.

Editor : At K2?

Author: At the scenic overlook to K2, someone was supposed to do some touchup with photoshop. That obviously didn’t happen.

Editor : Touch up?

Author: Yeah, I told them to take out the guard rails and the store shelves and replace it with blue sky and wispy clouds. I thought that would make it more authentic.

Editor : How far were you from the summit of K2 when that picture was taken?

Author: A few feet.

Editor : Define few.

Author: Well, that’s an interesting question if you take a long view, which I prefer to do, say if you were looking from Saturn you’d be almost on top of K2. So, you see, everything is relative.

Editor : Ten feet? One hundred feet? A thousand?

Author: More like [mumble]

Editor : Excuse me?

Author: More like 27.

Editor : Feet?

Author: Yes, feet. Thousand.

Editor : Thousand?

Author: Yes, 27 thousand, give or take.

Editor : How far were you from base camp?

Author: Hum, I’m not exactly sure. Maybe [mumble].

Editor : What? How far were you from K2 when you took this picture at the “scenic overview” as you call it.

Author: As near as I can tell, and this is very rough but about 6658.377.

Editor : Feet?

Author: Miles.

Editor : That’s half way around the world.

Author: About, yes. I’d say that’s accurate.

Editor : It appears you are standing on a fake rock in a store.

Author: I’m not sure but I think the rocks in R.E.I. were real.

Editor : You were in a sporting goods store?

Author: Yes, didn’t you see the shelves?

Editor : You said you were summiting K2.

Author: I was on my way to summit. I got distracted. Wait til you see my nifty new shoes.

Editor : Egads.