Winter K2 Update: FIRST WINTER K2 SUMMIT!!!!
SUMMIT!!!! All 10 Nepal and Sherpa climbers summited around 3 pm local marking first K2 winter summit and last of the fourteen 8000ers. Mingma G and Nirmal Purja lead the team
Day: January 16, 2021
Winter K2 Summit Update #4 of 4: Tracking the Historic Summit Push
NO UPDATES from the team as of this time. I’m in continuous contact with their teams. I’m told all ten climbers will collect 30 feet below the summit and top out together. The weather remains good but the winds are forecasted to pick up significantly later Saturday night into Sunday.
Winter K2 Summit Update #4 of 4: Tracking the Historic Summit Push
K2 Winter team at the Bottleneck. 38 years after the first winter reconnaissance, climbers on K2 are preparing to push towards the summit with a credible chance of making history. Saturday, January 16, 2021 looks to be a good summit day as we been discussing all week. A Nepal Sherpa was hit by rockfall suffering serious injuries.