First Winter Ascent of Gasherbrum 1

The first successful winter ascent of Gasherbrum 1 was completed a few days ago.  Adam Bielecki and Janusz Golab, members of a Polish team, reached the summit on March 9 without the aid of supplemental oxygen.  They followed the Japanese Route.



Here are a couple links from Alpinist, Rock and Ice, and Planet Mountain:

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web12w/newswire-gi-winter-1

http://rockandice.com/news/1842-first-winter-ascent-of-gasherrum-i

Planet Mountain has the most information so far:

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=39292