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A team of 10 Nepalese climbers made history on January 16 by scaling the second highest peak in the world in the winter season. At 28,251 feet, Pakistan’s K2 is the most prominent peak in the Himalayas and has never been reached in winter due to climatic and geographical difficulties. According to the Associated Press, winter winds at the second highest peak after Mount Everest can blow at more than 200 km per hour and temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
However, even after facing such difficulties, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, Nirmal Purja, Pun Magar, Gelje Sherpa, Mingma David Sherpa, Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Dawa Temba Sherpa, Pem Chhiri Sherpa, Kilu Pemba Sherpa, DawaTenjing Sherpa, and Sona Sherpa came to the top. from the peak on Saturday afternoon around 5pm. Pakistan Alpine Club secretary Karrar Haideri praised the group for their achievement, saying that no one had done it before in winter. Purja Sherpa also took to Instagram and shared the image of the team at the Summit and wrote: “Impossible made possible”.
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Following their landmark achievement, Haideri reported that four international climbing teams had arrived about a month ago to attempt K2 climbing. Of the dozens of climbers, the group of 10 Nepalese has so far been the only successful team, added the Alpine Club official. Haideri also said that no mountaineer had reached more than 7,750 meters as of Saturday, when good weather conditions allowed the climbers to keep going.
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‘Moment of pride’ for Nepal
While using Facebook, Mira Acharya, who is an official with the Nepal Department of Tourism, said: “Nepalese climbers have made history again. For the first time in the history of winter climbing, Nepalese climbers reached the top of Mt. K2 (The second highest mountain in the world). Congratulations to our Nepalese climbers ”.
Located in Pakistan, part of the Karakoram Range, the K2 summit was the last among the 14 highest mountains in the world, all at more than 8,000 meters that had not been climbed during the winter. Since the first attempt in 1988, only a handful of winter expeditions have been attempted to the summit, which is located along the Chinese border leading to the Himalayas. Haideri reported that an unprecedented number of climbers, in four teams with a total of 48 members, converged on the mountain. The ten Nepalese climbers were also distributed into different teams, however they had formed a new group to claim the feat on behalf of Nepal.
(With AP inputs)
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