It was the last peak of more than 8000 m on the planet never to be conquered in winter.
A team of Nepalese climbers announced on Saturday that they had successfully planted an ice ax and flag at the top of K2, at an altitude of 8,611 m.
" We did it!
The wild mountain of Karakoram was climbed during the most dangerous of seasons: in winter.
Nepalese climbers finally reached the top of K2 this afternoon at 5:00 pm local time (1:00 pm in France), ”Seven Summit Treks said on its Twitter account.
16 Jan 2021🇳🇵🏔🇵🇰
WE DID IT, BELIVE ME WE DID IT- JOURNEY TO THE SUMMIT NEVER DONE BEFORE
🦾The Karakorum's 'Savage Mountain' been summited in most dangerous season: WINTER
Nepalese Climbers finally reached the summit of Mt. K2 (Chhogori 8611m), this afternoon at 17:00 local time.
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- Seven Summit Treks 🇳🇵 (@ sst8848) January 16, 2021
Since 1987, all winter climbing attempts had failed.
This season promised to be exceptional as an unprecedented number of four expeditions were launched to conquer the summit.
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