Alan Arnette: Winter K2 Update | Summit Push in a Few Hours!
— Sona Sherpa Nims will lead the summit team and has suggested there will be no one person claiming the summit but rather a team summit on behalf of Nepal. This has been Mingma G.’s plan all along with his Sherpa-only team. Nims’ summit team is also made up of only Sherpa. One Sherpa from Seven Summits Treks is also on the summit push. Both gentlemen, Mingma and Nims, have expressed a deep desire to show the world that Nepalis are just as credible climbers as any other nationality on the planet. Alan Arnette is a speaker, mountaineer and Alzheimer’s Advocate. He has completed over 3...
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