A staff of 10 Nepali climbers made history by turning into the primary to scale the K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in winter.
K2 with its daunting 8,611 meters peak is situated in Gilgit-Baltistan facet of the Karakoram vary. It was the one one amongst 8,000-meter excessive peaks that was by no means scaled in winter.
The achievement was the results of a collaborative effort between the climbers affiliated with a number of groups: one led by Nirmal Purja and the opposite by Mingma Gyalje Sherpa.
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