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A team of climbers have made history by becoming the first to scale Pakistan’s K2 summit – the world’s second tallest peak – during winter. The 10 Nepalese sherpas, among them Nirmal Purja, a former Gurkha and UK special forces member who had previously climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in just over six months, successfully completed the attempt just before 5pm local time on Saturday. They had paused 70 metres short of the.
<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/sherpas-successfully-complete-first/"></div>ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A team of climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2, the world’s second tallest peak. The group of sherpas had paused at a point 70 metres short of the 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) peak to wait for each other […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/sherpas-successfully-complete-first/"></div><! Ad
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Nims will lead the summit team and has suggested there will be no one person claiming the summit but rather a team summit on behalf of Nepal. This has been Mingma G.’s plan all along with his Sherpa-only team.
Nims’ summit team is also made up of only Sherpa. One Sherpa from Seven Summits Treks is also on the summit push.
Both gentlemen, Mingma and Nims, have expressed a deep desire to show the world that Nepalis are just as credible climbers as any other nationality on the planet.
Alan Arnette
is a speaker, mountaineer and Alzheimer’s Advocate. He has completed over 30 major expeditions including four Everest climbs, with a summit in 2011, and a summit of K2 in 2014. He completed his 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s project to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research. Find out more at www.alanarnette.com.