Like its neighbouring peak to the north, K2, climbers attempting the 8,047-metre Broad Peak can spend up to between eight and twelve weeks at Base Camp - if not longer. The camp’s altitude is just under 5,000 metres situated up above the east side of the Godwin-Austen Glacier. During our own painting expedition, we slept three nights at Base Camp and awoke every morning to snow on the ground. From there we went to K2 Base Camp and the junction of the Godwin-Austen and Savoia Glaciers where Vittorio Sella took many photographs.

- William Mitchell, K2 Artistic Expeditions: James Hart Dyke & Vittorio Sella, 2026

See all the paintings in K2: James Hart Dyke at our London exhibition, which then travels to the Forte di Bard. You can also browse more works by James Hart Dyke or read his biography.