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Inspired by Everest’s first winter summit in 1980, a 1983 Polish expedition went to K2 in the winter for reconnaissance. They found byzantine logistics, uncooperative government authorities, and costs that exceeded the most generous budgets. Now, 38 years later, K2 has been summited in the winter. Around 5:00 pm on Saturday, January 16, 2021, a team of 10 Sherpas and Nepalis stood on the summit of the world’s second-highest mountain, K2, on the border of Pakistan and China. It was the last of the world’s 14 8,000 meter peaks still unclimbed in winter. They are positioning the summit as a victory for Nepal and the Sherpa nation. All 10 climbers stopped 30 feet below the summit on a relatively safe spot (still on a 40-degree snow slope at 28,200-feet) so that they could summit together in a sign of solidarity. No individual was listed as first. ....
Alpinist.com Also in This Style Elisabeth Revol s book To Live is an ode to Tomasz Mackiewicz and Nanga Parbat Emily Hopcian On the evening of January 25, 2018, Elisabeth Revol and Tomasz Tomek Mackiewicz reached the summit of Pakistan s Nanga Parbat (8125m). Once they were together at the top, Revol s happiness exploded into the Himalayan air. Tomek! Yessssss! she shouted as she moved to embrace him. The pair had completed the second winter ascent of Nanga Parbat, and Revol became the first woman to summit the mountain in winter. As she leaned in and hugged Mackiewicz, Revol noticed that ice crystals had partly concealed his blue eyes. Mackiewicz exclaimed, Eli, what s happening with my eyes? Eli, I can t see your head torch any more; you re a blur! ....