Winter K2 Summit made possible by Nepalese mountaineers!
Scaling K2 Summit in winter has been made possible by Nepalese mountaineers! First image of Winter K2 Ascent Rashid Hussain On December 19, 2020, an international winter K2 expedition reached Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. From 18 countries, 60 climbers comprising of different teams started their adventure in early January to reach the world’s second-highest peak of the Karakorum mountainous ranges K2, located on the Pakistan-China border. K2 is 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) above sea level, it is the world’s most challenging and dangerous peak known as “Savage mountain” or “King of North”. Since the first failed attempts in 1987-88, only a few international climbers tried their luck to scale the peak in winter, but all attempts were unsuccessful. On January 16, 2021, ten Nepalese climbers from three different expeditions, namely Nirmal Pujra, Mingma David Sherpa, Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Geljen Sherpa, Pem Chiri Sherpa, Dawa Temba Sherpa, Dawa Tenjin S...