ISLAMABAD A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history by scaling the world’s second highest peak Pakistan’s K2 in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said. The secretary of Pakistan’s Alpine Club, Karrar Haideri, said 10 Nepali Sherpas reached the summit around 5 p.m. At 8,611 metres (28,251 feet), […]
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Pakistan: Nepali team first to top world’s second tallest K2 mountain in winter
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(Twitter) It is the deadliest among the five highest peaks in the world
A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history by scaling the world’s second highest peak Pakistan’s K2 in the winter season, a local Alpine Club official said.
The secretary of Pakistan’s Alpine Club, Karrar Haideri, said 10 Nepali Sherpas reached the summit around 5 pm.
At 8,611 meters (28,251 feet), K2 is the most prominent peak on the Pakistani side of the Himalayan range, and the world’s second tallest after Mount Everest. Winter winds on K2 can blow at more than 200 kilometers per hour (125 miles per hour) and temperatures drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit).