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Nepali mountaineers achieve historic winter first on K2 With their ‘impossible’ summit of the world’s second-tallest mountain, Nepali climbers send national pride surging in the Himalaya. ByFreddie Wilkinson Editor’s note: This story has been updated. A team of 10 Nepali climbers reached the 28,251-foot summit of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, on Saturday, January 16th, according to several reports on social media. This long-sought achievement adds a stunning new chapter to mountaineering history. Located in Pakistan’s part of the Karakoram range, K2 is the last of the world’s 14 tallest mountains all higher than 8,000 meters to be climbed in winter. It is considered by far the most difficult and dangerous because of the technical climbing required to reach the top. ....
Last Updated: Climbers Share Spine Chilling Experience Of Successful K2 Summit In Winter K2 requires stark technical skills as compared to Mount Everest and other high altitude peaks as it s prone to deadly avalanches and temperature as low as -60C. A team of sherpas set a new record for climbing the world’s second tallest K2 mountain in winters paving new achievements in the field of mountaineering on January 16. The team climbed the 28,251-foot summit located in Pakistan’s part of the Karakoram range which was never ascended before due to extremely rugged terrain, chilling temperature and speedy winds that require expertise in technical climbing. It’s a savage mountain, an American mountaineer that climbed the peak in August 1953 told Kathmandu Post. ....
Sona Sherpa Nims will lead the summit team and has suggested there will be no one person claiming the summit but rather a team summit on behalf of Nepal. This has been Mingma G.’s plan all along with his Sherpa-only team. Nims’ summit team is also made up of only Sherpa. One Sherpa from Seven Summits Treks is also on the summit push. Both gentlemen, Mingma and Nims, have expressed a deep desire to show the world that Nepalis are just as credible climbers as any other nationality on the planet. Alan Arnette is a speaker, mountaineer and Alzheimer’s Advocate. He has completed over 30 major expeditions including four Everest climbs, with a summit in 2011, and a summit of K2 in 2014. He completed his 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s project to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research. Find out more at www.alanarnette.com. ....