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2 minutes read Islamabad, Jan 23 (efe-epa).- Nirmal Purja, the leader of the expedition of 10 Nepalis who became the first to complete a winter ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, said Saturday that having reached the summit as a group simultaneously is a powerful message of unity for the world. “It is a powerful message to the rest of the world. If you are united you can win, (…) divided you fail,” said the former Gurkha soldier, the elite corps of the British Army made up of Nepalese, at a press conference in Islamabad. Purja explained how on Saturday, 10 meters from the summit, the mountaineers waited for each other to summit “shoulder to shoulder” at the same time, something decided collectively beforehand. ....
11:16 AM MYT KATHMANDU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua): A mountaineering team from Nepal made history on Saturday by scaling Mt K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, located on the Pakistan-China border, in the winter. A team of 10 climbers managed by Kathmandu-based Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd stood atop of the 8,611-meter peak at 5 pm local time. Mt K2 also called Chhogori was the only peak above 8,000 meters that had not been climbed in the winter. Yes, our team has created a history by being atop the second tallest peak nobody had managed to do earlier, Thaneshwor Guragain, a manager at the Seven Summit Treks, told Xinhua. Ten climbers managed by our company climbed the peak at 4:58 in the afternoon. ....
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