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Added on the 26/01/2021 06:51:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Nepali team which made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit K2 in winter receive a hero's welcome, with garlands and cake, from the climbing community and others in the Pakistani town of Shigar. IMAGES
Kathmandu / Islamabad, Jan 21 (EFE/EPA).- A group of 10 Nepali climbers made the first winter ascent of K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, pulling off one of the “last remaining great prizes” in mountaineering history.The group reached on Jan.16 the 28,251-foot summit of K2, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range.“Finally we did it. We made history in the mountaineering field,” Mingma Gyalze Sherpa, who is known as Mingma G, wrote on his Facebook page. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA / SOHAIL SHAHZAD).SHOT LIST: NEPALI CLIMBERS ARRIVE AT ISLAMABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN.
Kathmandu, Feb 9 (EFE/EPA).- Poor weather conditions prevented rescue operations on Tuesday for three climbers who went missing last week on Mt. K2 (8,611 meters) during an expedition on the world's second highest peak."The helicopters are ready to flight. We are waiting for the good weather," Alpine Club of Pakistan's secretary Karrar Haidri told EFE.He said that the military helicopters have not taken off for the search of Chile's Juan Pablo Mohr, Iceland's John Snorri and Pakistan's Ali Sadpara since the previous day due to bad weather. (Camera: ARCHIVE).SHOT LIST: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF MT. K2 CLIMBERS IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Kathmandu, Jan 26 (EFE/EPA).- A team of Nepalese climbers, who summited Pakistan's K2 in winter, arrived Tuesday to Kathmandu. On January 16, a team of 10 Nepalese sherpas made history with the first winter summit of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. The Himalayan peak, on the border of China and Pakistan, was the last of the world's 14 highest mountains, all over 8,000 metres, never to be scaled in winter.(Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA)SHOT LIST: A TEAM OF NEPALESE CLIMBERS, WHO SUMMITED PAKISTAN'S K2 IN WINTER ARRIVE IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Islamabad (Pakistan), Jan 23 (EFE), (Camera: Amjad Ali/Jaime León).- Nirmal Purja, leader of the expedition of the Nepalese team who achieved the first winter ascent to Pakistan's K2, said Saturday that the challenge is a powerful message of unity to the world. FOOTAGE OF NIRMAL PURJA AND THE REST OF THE CLIMBING TEAM THAT TOPPED PAKISTAN'S K2.