Nepali climbers make history with winter summit of K2 mountain

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:32 am

Historic day for the Nepalese.

A team of 10 Nepali climbers has set a new world record by becoming the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second highest mountain, in winter.

Mountaineer Nimsdai Purja, a member of the group, said they reached the peak at 17:00 local time (12:00 GMT).

Dozens of climbers have been on the 8,611m (28,251ft) mountain this winter hoping to achieve the same feat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55684149

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:36 am

Proof of climate change :stir:

emm · Post by **emm** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:29 pm

Suicidal Tourism at best. OK, they are Nepalese so i exclude them from the rest of the crowd attacking the summit all the time. I have no sympathy for these climbers (again these nepalese excluded, it's their turf after all). They leave heaps of trash and often enough dead body's behind them. Humanity has no respect for Nature, none at all.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:18 pm

emm wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:29 pm Suicidal Tourism at best. OK, they are Nepalese so i exclude them from the rest of the crowd attacking the summit all the time. I have no sympathy for these climbers (again these nepalese excluded, it's their turf after all). They leave heaps of trash and often enough dead body's behind them. Humanity has no respect for Nature, none at all.

i dont recall any climber ever anywhere asking for anybodies sympathy>>

Climbing is a part of communing with the gods... WE did a mt Everest bc cleanup in 87, took tons of trash out.

The problem on slopes at high attitude, it's to dam hard to carry stuff out (dead bodies included).