Nepalese Mountain Climbers Make History With The First Winter Ascent of K2

A team of ten Nepalese climbers made history as they became the first mountaineers to scale  Pakistan’s K2 summit in the winter season. K2 is the world’s second-highest mountain.

Mingma Gyalje Sherpa ( Mingma G ), Kili Pemba Sherpa, Dawa Tenjin Sherpa, and 7 other climbers On January 16 at 05:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time, reached at top of K2 and set a record by climbing K2 for the first time in winter.

 

As being reported, on January 15 at 3:30 AM Mingma G reached camp 4 on K2. All climbers at camp 4 jointly made a push under the leadership of Mingma Gyalje towards Bottleneck. Mingma G with a proven track record of climbing eight-thousanders with other climbers made it to the summit. 

The team started to ascent last night from camp 4 around 09:00 AM PST and reached bottleneck which is the most dangerous place on K2.

At 11:00 AM Mingma G reported that they have crossed Bottleneck. At 1:15 PM Mingma G was 200 meters away from the summit.

At 02:35 PM it is reported from the basecamp that the Nepalese Team had planned to stop 10 meters below the summit of K2 to form a group of all 10 climbers and get the summit together. 

Finally, the world record was set, at 05:00 PM Pakistan Standard Time Sherpas reached the summit of K2.

To date, just a handful of winter expedition attempts have been made so far on K-2 the 8,611-metre (28,250-feet) mountain in the Karakoram range along the Chinese border.