On June 11, Ethan Berman, Sebastian Pelletti, and Maarten van Haeren made the first ascent of the Southeast Pillar of 7,388m Ultar Sar in Pakistan’s Karakoram. Their outfitter, Abdul Ghafoor of ...

The 3,100m route featured steep snow and ice with a rock pillar between 6,700m to 7,200m. For the first three days, they tried to cover as much elevation as possible between safe bivouacs.