Ryan Kushner, AKA kushrocks on this forum, is climbing Broad Peak, an 8000-meter peak, in Pakistan this season. I learned this by reading Alan Arnette's blog updates about the K2/Karakoram climbing season. He has written trip reports on this site of his climbs on Dhaulagiri and Gasherbrum II. I don't know if he has a satellite tracker- updates might be limited to 3rd-hand reports. Cool!
https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/k2/k2-2025-coverage/
Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
Wow! Kush rocks!
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
I'm always impressed by folks who tackle those 8000m peaks. Not something I would ever want to try personally, but very impressive stuff to me.
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
Kush is my old buddy, been texting him on Broad. He's in good spirits and says its really hot and dangerous conditions down low. They have gotten up to almost 22k on their first acclimatization cycle.
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GL to Ryan, broad peak is brutal when its dry
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Go Ryan. I will pray for your safety and success!
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
He's very fit, a real beast, and I look forward to hearing the story. Kick it, Kushner!
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
Some drama being reported on Broad Peak (not related to Ryan):
https://explorersweb.com/broad-peak-cli ... owalewski/
https://explorersweb.com/broad-peak-cli ... owalewski/
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
i been following karakorum news this year as i have friend trying a peak near hunza, sounds like brutal weather this year and probably no summits on k2, g2, and broad, may have been a summit window today but i dont see any news, there were some G1 summits about a week ago
Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
will probably see commercial teams pack up regardless of weather as it eats into their profits feeding climbers past august 1 
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak
Ryan called it. Snow is too deep above C3, persistent high winds, and long-term forecasts look for more of the same. It could be the first year with no summit on K2 or BP is a very, very long time.
