{"id":2760,"date":"2015-07-28T03:45:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T03:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2020-08-25T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:10:44","slug":"final-report-from-k2-turning-back-from-the-mountain-of-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/final-report-from-k2-turning-back-from-the-mountain-of-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Report from K2 &#8211; On Turning Back from &#8220;the Mountain of Mountains.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/D6A1637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\nWe are back down from our summit attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I was sitting in front of my tent looking up at the mountain that stamped its effect on my life.<\/p>\n<p>Base camp is not exactly where we want to be, but I am satisfied that we gave it our best shot. Even more important, we tried with everything we had.<\/p>\n<p>I often speak of failure as a big part of my life. Nothing I do is a sure thing, otherwise I would not be doing it; not knowing if, or if not, is the most exciting aspect of my life, In fact I have built my life on the chance of failure, because then, each time you do something, you have to do your best!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1040022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%&quot;\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/D6A1524.jpg\" width=100%\"><\/p>\n<p>Maybe one day I must halt trying, then and only then will I cease failing but I will also terminate the chance of success.<\/p>\n<p>How can man fall asleep if so many unsure dreams elude him?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back down from our summit attempt. Last night I was sitting in front of my tent looking up at the mountain that stamped its effect on my life. Base camp is not exactly where we want to be, but I am satisfied that we gave it our best shot. Even more important, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[31,125,63,339,92,29,35],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-k2calling","tag-adventure","tag-expedition","tag-k2","tag-k2calling","tag-mountain","tag-mountaineering","tag-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mikehorn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}