Climbers arrive in Pakistan to claim mountaineering's last great prize: Winter ascent of K2
ISLAMABAD: Chyang Dawa Sherpa is in Pakistan to attempt what no human has ever achieved before: A winter ascent of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. He is not alone. More than five dozen climbers from countries including Nepal, the US, Iceland, and Spain have arrived in Pakistan in recent weeks to claim one of the last remaining great prizes in mountaineering. Of the 14 mountains that rise to at least 8,000 meters (26,246 feet), K2 at 8,611 meters is the only one unconquered during winter, when avalanches are an ever-present risk, temperatures can fall to minus 65 degrees and winds b...
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