Climbing the Second-Highest Mountain in the World: It's Certainly Not a Day Hike

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published January 10, 2018 at 8:57 AM MST

A photo of K2 taken by a mountaineer in 1986.

The Dolores Public Library is kicking off its “Winter Tales” lecture series on Thursday, January 11th at 6pm with a talk by Dolores explorer and retired veterinarian Carolyn Gunn. She will talk about her time spent working at a base camp for a mountaineering expedition in northern Pakistan in 1987. KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with her to learn more about her experience. Click below to listen.

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Austin Cope

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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