The Fiji Times » Sherpas successfully complete first winter summit of K2; Spanish climber killed
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OMG: Nepali climbers successfully complete first winter summit of K2
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The team of Nepalese climbers which made history by becoming the first to summit K2 in winter. Photo courtesy: Radio Pakistan
GILGIT: Ten Nepalese climbers on Saturday set a record by scaling Pakistan’s K2 (8,611m), the world’s second highest mountain and the only one among the 8,000m peaks that had never been climbed before in winter.
The same day, however, a Spanish climber lost his life after falling into a crevasse at camp 1.
Over 60 international climbers from 18 countries had arrived at the K2 base camp and started their adventure in early January to try and scale what is also known as the Savage Mountain or the King of North, as winds there can blow at more than 200km an hour and temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius in winter.