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A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appeared to be the first from their countries to scale K2 on Friday, the world's second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous summits, a mountaineering official said. Samina Baig, a 32-year-old from a remote northern village in Pakistan, was the first to hoist her country's green and white flag atop the peak of the 28,250 foot-high (8,610 meter) K2. Iran's Afsaneh Hesamifard followed shortly after and was hailed for her achiev...

A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appear to be the first females from their countries to reach the top of K2, one of the world's highest and most dangerous summits.

A woman from Pakistan and another from Iran appeared to be the first from their countries to scale K2 on Friday, the world's second-highest mountain and one of the most dangerous summits, a mountaineering official said. Samina Baig, a 32-year-old from a remote northern village in Pakistan, was the first to hoist her country's green and white flag atop the peak of the 28,250 foot-high (8,610 meter) K2. Iran's Afsaneh Hesamifard followed shortly after and was hailed for her achiev...

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An aerial view of Hassanabads Sherabad. SOURCE: Author Climate change: impending GLOFs and other disasters The Shisper Glacier is melting again and at least 21 households in Hassanabad have been deemed at risk Taus Bibi, 70, was tending to her goats in Sherabad, an area in Hassanabad, Hunza, when she heard a loud sound of something crashing into the nearby water channel. One of her grandchildren followed shortly, running and asking her to evacuate to a safe area as a flood was dangerously clos...

Kathy Gannon February 09, 2021 - 8:12 AM ISLAMABAD - K2s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter. Dwarfed only by Mount Everest, K2 is the world’s second highest peak at 8,611 metres (28,250 feet), and it is one of the deadliest, killing one climber for every four who succeed in reaching its summit through its steep rock faces, glacier climbs and devastatingly brutal weather. In winter, the odds are even...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  K2′s “savage” peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter. Dwarfed only by Mt. Everest, K2 is the world’s second-highest peak at 28,251 feet, and it is one of the deadliest, killing one climber for every four who succeed in reaching its summit through its steep rock faces, glacier climbs and devastatingly brutal weather. In winter, the odds are even worse. This week, hope is waning for some of the latest mountaineers to att...

K2's ‘savage’ peak beckons the daring, but rare is the climber who answers the call in winter.

EXPLAINER: K2 beckons the daring, but rarely in winter | 2021/02/10