Nepali climbers make history by becoming first to scale K2 peak in winter
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.
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Nepalese mountaineer Sona Sherpa posing with the banner of Seven Summit Treks on the top of Mt. K2, located in Pakistan s Karakoram range along the Chinese border that leads into the Himalayas on January 16.
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.
Pakistan on Sunday felicitated a team of 10 Nepali climbers for making history by becoming the first to scale in winter the world s second highest mountain K2, considered as the world s most dangerous and challenging peak.
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Foreign Office spokesperson wished the climbers a safe return from the peak
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Known as the savage mountain , winds on the peak can blow at more than 200 kilometres per hour. PHOTO: TWIITER/@PakistanNature
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan felicitated on Sunday the team of Nepalese mountaineers for making history by reaching the summit of Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, in winter.
Calling the expedition as “one of the most coveted achievements in mountaineering,” the Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri wished the climbers a safe return from the peak.
“Pakistan: The ultimate destination of mountaineering,” the spokesperson remarked on Twitter.