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1. A western tourist's observations about Pakistan
2. A hair-raising journey by jeep
3. First day of the long walk in
4. Monotonous dusty valley
5. Thoughts on climbing big mountains
6. Onto the Baltoro Glacier
7. Porters, porters, ice and porters
8. Porter strike
9. Concordia and the K2 clean up project
10. Arrival at Base Camp
11. A description of the view from Base Camp
12. Puja at Base Camp
13. Trekkers leave; final team member arrives
14. Up to Camp 1
15. An unfortunate and unusual case of frostbite
16. Injury fears
17. Base Camp politics
18. Knackered again on the climb to Camp 1
19. Up to Camp 2 by the Banana Ridge
20. Hair-raising descent of the Banana Ridge in a blizzard
21. Day 1 of doing nothing
22. Tea with the mountaineering elite
23. Arrival of the jetstream
24. Ever-changing plans
25. Watching the winds on Gasherbrum II
26. The virtues of patience
27. A leg stretch up to Camp 1
28. Kidnapping the cook
29. Ueli Steck goes for the summit; sardine madness
30. Waste management on 8000m peaks; summit nerves
31. Starting the G2 summit push; waiting game at Camp 1
32. A cold climb for some; summit uncertainty at Camp 2
33. Falling off the Banana Ridge
34. Brooding over the Banana Ridge
35. Controversy on Nanga Parbat
36. Curious phenomenon of the magical rising tent platform
37. Base camp boredom
38. Philippe and Ian leave us; more base camp boredom
39. Waiting on the weather
40. A thief on the mountain; more news from above
41. The Iranian garbage incident
42. Death of a climber
43. A light from on high
44. All hope extinguished; Teletubbies and Wombles
45. Iranian garbage incident – the sequel
46. A very determined thief; Sherpa business deals
47. A typical conversation about the weather
48. Veikka Gustafsson’s final summit
49. Focussing on Gasherbrum I; the Iranian team departs
50. Gloomy mood at Base Camp; Veikka’s party
51. Serap Jangbu the Philosopher
52. Ice climbing beneath Baltoro Kangri
53. Total exhaustion on the first day of our summit push
54. Studying the Japanese Couloir; summit decisions
55. Retreat from Gasherbrum I
56. Michael and Arian retreat; summit confusion
57. Michael and Arian return; more summit confusion
58. The final word on summit success … or is it?
59. Preparations for departure
60. Starting the trek out in driving rain
61. A day of boulder hopping
62. Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink
63. Return to civilisation, in theory
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