Nepali Climbers Make History With First Winter Ascent of K2, The Savage Mountain A team of ten climbers from Nepal on Saturday become the first mountaineers to successfully summit K2, the world’s second tallest peak, in winter. Related: VIDEO: Breathtaking: K2 – Climbing The World’s Most Dangerous Mountain With Squaw Valley, CA Based Guides K2, also known as ‘The Savage Mountain’ is the only mountain over 8,000m that had yet to be summited […] SnowBrains | January 19, 2021 0 Comments
Elusive Winter Ascent of K2 Will Have to Wait Another Year | Climbers Turned Back this Weekend A winter ascent of K2 will have to wait for another year as the world’s second-highest peak will go unclimbed this winter. Alex Txikon, Pasang Sherpa, and Cheppal Sherpa had hoped to reach K2’s peak over the weekend, though the weather was not cooperating. They made it as high as 23,130-feet, where they camped to wait out terrific winds that […] Climbing CragBrains | March 22, 2019 0 Comments
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