Nepali team creates record, ascends world s 2nd highest mountain K2 in winter
Nepali team creates record, ascends world s 2nd highest mountain K2 in winter
A team of 10 summiteers from Nepal has climbed the world s second-highest mountain K2 in the winter season for the first time.
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K2 is the second-highest peak after Mount Everest. (Photo: Instagram / nimsdai)
For the first time, a team has climbed the world s second-highest mountain in the winter season. A team of 10 summiteers from Nepal has set a record by climbing K2.
Due to weather and geographical difficulties, the 28,251-foot summit of K2 had never been reached in winter before. Climbing to the top of K2, which is the second-highest peak after Mount Everest, requires technical skills.
Nepali climbers set record by reaching K2 summit in winter: Report
January 17, 2021
Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja and ten climbers at K2 - Instagram via Nimsdai Purja×
A group of ten Nepali climbers have set a new record on Saturday by reaching the summit of the second-highest mountain in the world, K2 in winter, according to reports.
Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja one of the ten mountaineers to reach the summit shared an image of the group celebrating.
“THE IMPOSSIBLE IS MADE POSSIBLE! #K2winter - History made for mankind, History made for Nepal!” Purja captioned the post on Instagram.
This was then confirmed by expedition organiser Seven Summit Treks, according to a report published on the
Alpinist.com
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Just yesterday, K2 (8611) was the last of the 14 8000-meter peaks on Earth that had yet to be climbed in winter. No more. At 5 p.m. January 16, a group of 10 Nepali/Sherpa climbers from separate expeditions ascended the last few meters to the summit together as one. Finally we did it. We made the history in [the] mountaineering field, Mingma Gyalje ( Mingma G ) Sherpa posted on Facebook hours ago.
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A post on Nirmal ( Nimsdai ) Purja Pun Magar s Facebook page reads:
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS MADE POSSIBLE! #K2winter History made for mankind, History made for Nepal! At 17:00 hrs local time @nimsdai and team summited K2, teaming up with Mingma G and team and a member from SST, Sona Sherpa. A very special moment. The whole team waited 10 meters below the summit to form a group then stepped onto the summit together whilst singing our Nepalese National Anthem.