1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2
Line of ascent
The camps were in the same locations as in 1938 and it was helpful that four of the Sherpas had been on the previous expedition.

1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2

Section Title: Line of ascent
Table Section Text: The camps were in the same locations as in 1938 and it was helpful that four of the Sherpas had been on the previous expedition.

Locations of camps on mountain

Camp	Altitude feet	Altitude metres	Status	Location

Base	16,500	5030	major	Godwin-Austen Glacier

I	18,600	5670	Abruzzi Ridge as 1909 camp

II	19,300	5882	major	sheltered spot on Ridge

IIA	20,000	6096	dumping area near II

III	20,700	6310	cache (site vulnerable to falling rocks)

IV	21,500	6553	major	Red Rocks, below House Chimney

V	22,000	6705	right above House Chimney, start of sharp part of Ridge

VI	23,400	7130	major	base of Black Tower (or pyramid)

VII	24,700	7529	major	plateau above Ridge and ice traverse

VIII	25,300	7711	assault	hollow on plateau

IX	26,050	7940	assault	south of summit cliffs, below the couloir later called the "Bottleneck"

high point	27,450	8370	no camp	turned back at start of summit snow plateau

Summit	28,251	8611	summit not reached

Sentence(s)

Base Camp was established at 16,500 feet.

final_sentence: Base Camp was established at 16,500 feet.