Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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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!

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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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Wow! Kush rocks!
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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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

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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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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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GL to Ryan, broad peak is brutal when its dry
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Re: Ryan Kushner on Broad Peak

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Go Ryan. I will pray for your safety and success!