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Historic K2 team make it back safely to base camp
They are first to summit K2 in winter SAMAA | AFP - Posted: Jan 18, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | AFP Posted: Jan 18, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
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The triumphant team of Nepali climbers who made history when they became the first to summit K2 in winter arrived safely back at base camp on Sunday, officials said.
The 10 climbers reached the top of the worldâs second-highest mountain on Saturday, the last peak above 8,000 metres (26,000 feet) to be conquered in wintertime.
“All the 10 Nepali climbers arrived in the base camp this afternoon. They are in good health and relaxing,” Faizullah Firaq, a spokesperson for the Gilgit Baltistan government, told AFP.
The team of Nepalese climbers which made history by becoming the first to summit K2 in winter. Photo courtesy: Radio Pakistan
GILGIT: Ten Nepalese climbers on Saturday set a record by scaling Pakistan’s K2 (8,611m), the world’s second highest mountain and the only one among the 8,000m peaks that had never been climbed before in winter.
The same day, however, a Spanish climber lost his life after falling into a crevasse at camp 1.
Over 60 international climbers from 18 countries had arrived at the K2 base camp and started their adventure in early January to try and scale what is also known as the Savage Mountain or the King of North, as winds there can blow at more than 200km an hour and temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius in winter.
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.