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Dozens of mountaineers have converged on Pakistan's mighty K2 peak, vying to conquer one of the world's last major climbing challenges -- reaching the summit in winter.
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...
Thirteen of the world's 14 peaks taller than 8,000-meters have been climbed in winter. But one still remains unclimbed — the 8,611 meters K2, the world's second tallest that straddles Pakistan and China. Climbers say that avalanches are an ever-present risk, and in winter temperatures can fall to -50C. Winds blow up to 200km/h that’s equal to cyclone Fani, the most severe storm that traveled more than 900 kilometers from the Indian state of Odisha and blew nearly two dozen tents at Everest’s Camp 2, at 6,400 meters in May last year. It is also considered to be a technically very difficu...