Nepali climbers make history by becoming first to scale K2 peak in winter
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.
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Nepalese mountaineer Sona Sherpa posing with the banner of Seven Summit Treks on the top of Mt. K2, located in Pakistan s Karakoram range along the Chinese border that leads into the Himalayas on January 16.
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K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.
Pakistan on Sunday felicitated a team of 10 Nepali climbers for making history by becoming the first to scale in winter the world s second highest mountain K2, considered as the world s most dangerous and challenging peak.
<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/nepali-climbers-successfully-complete/"></div>ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A team of climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully complete a winter attempt on the summit of K2, the world’s second tallest peak. The group of sherpas had paused at a point 70 metres short of the 8,611 metre (28,251 foot) peak to wait for each other […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/nepali-climbers-successfully-complete/"></div><!