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.
‘We Did It, We Did It,’ Nepali Sherpas Scale ‘Savage Mountain’ K2 In Winter For First Time
‘We did it, believe me we did it,’ expedition’s team leader Chhang Dawa wrote on Facebook, ‘The Karakorum s Savage Mountain been summited in most dangerous season: winter.’ AP Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-01-16T19:12:24+05:30 ‘We Did It, We Did It,’ Nepali Sherpas Scale ‘Savage Mountain’ K2 In Winter For First Time outlookindia.com 2021-01-16T19:48:33+05:30
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A group of 10 Nepali Sherpas, part of three different expeditions, became the first to scale Mount K2, the world’s second-highest and perhaps the deadliest peak, in winter.
Nepalese climbers team makes history, becomes first to summit Pakistan s K2 mountain in winter
16 Jan 2021 Nepalese mountaineers and Sherpas pose for pictures after reaching the summit of Mt K2 on Saturday. AFP
A team of Nepalese climbers on Saturday made history after becoming the first to summit Pakistan s K2 in winter, singing their country s national anthem as they reached the top.
Dozens of mountaineers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit the world s second highest mountain, the last peak above 8,000 metres to be topped in wintertime. WE DID IT tweeted Seven Summit Treks a trekking company leading one of the expeditions. The Karakorum s Savage Mountain been summited in most dangerous season: winter. Nepalese climbers finally reached the summit of Mt K2 this afternoon at 17:00 local time.
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 A team of Nepali climbers today made history after becoming the first to summit Pakistan’s K2 in winter, singing their country’s national anthem as they reached the top. Dozens of mountaineers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit the world’s second.