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John Snorri Sigurjonsson, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and son Saji Ali Sadpara are working as an independent group. They have been working with other Sherpas and Nims’ team to fix ropes. This all Sherpa team are extremely experienced and seem one of the most likely to succeed. Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, Dawa Tenzing Sherpa, and Kilu Pemba Sherpa. Nims is famous for his military style summit of all fourteen of the eight-thousanders in six months and six days so has experience of winter summits and K2. There is also a camera team along and a client or two that may be going up to the first camps. This is the main team that will attempt the summit. Alan Arnette’s blog and direct contact with climbers is invaluable for much of this information.įirst up is Nirmal “Nims” Purja and his team of six Sherpas.

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This is made up of climbers, Sherpas who will help on the attempts, porters helping supply lines, plus documentary/picture teams. There are four teams (one more didn’t come) and over 100 people on the mountain around base camp at this time. The groups that are attempting a K2 summit in winter this year are made up of some of the most experienced and well-known mountaineers on earth. He has been evacuated by helicopter to have his injuries treated. Jangbu Sherpa of the Seven Summits team was hit in a small rockfall, suffering head and eye injuries. His body was recovered by helicopter lower down the mountain.

unclipping one rope to pass an anchor and moving to clip the next rope. Initial reports stated there was a rope failure but the latest news is that he fell while moving between two ropes – i.e. When descending from Camp 3 after a big push, Atanas Skatov fell and has died. Sajid said he last saw them approaching the infamous bottleneck. It seems like the team perished on the mountain – though we only have guesses at to what could have caused it. Later search parties and helicopter reconnaissance was arranged but it has now been weeks without sight of them. After 24 hours a search set out but was pushed back by the conditions. Sajid at some point needed to turned back after Camp 3 as he had a problem with his oxygen regulator. Juan Pablo had joined the team made up of John, Ali, and Ali’s son Sajid. John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo Mohr were above Camp 3 when teams below lost communication. John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo MohrĪs well as this, three climbers attempting the summit all disappeared on route on January 16th. The teams co-ordinated to arrange a helicopter evacuation and start him back down the mountain but unfortunately he died of his injuries shortly after.

The base camp picked up the accident when they saw a sudden change in his GPS signal. A small group climbing nearby immediately went to him. It was reported by his team that while descending somewhere in between Camp 1 and the advanced base camp he took a fall of 500 meters.

Renowned Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died on K2. This years summit attempts are basically over, with all teams having left the mountain. Of the 14 mountains with a peak above 8,000 meters ( 26,247 feet) in height K2 isn’t the highest but has a reputation as the hardest. K2 has remained the only of the “eight-thousanders” not to have been summited in Winter. K2 is located on the border between Pakistan and China, along the Karakoram range which is the extension of the famous Himalayas. K2 is 8,611m meters or 28,251 feet tall and is the second highest mountain in the world. Some of the team made the summit without using supplemental oxygen – at least Nims was making the attempt without – though some of the climbers acting as support did. The group included Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, Nirmal “Nims” Purja, Gelje Sherpa, Mingma David Sherpa, Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Dawa Temba Sherpa, Pem Chhiri Sherpa, Kili Pemba Sherpa, Dawa Tenjing Sherpa and Sona Sherpa. This marks the first winter summit of one of the big 14 done by a Sherpa. They all summited at 16:58 local time on the 16th of January 2021. The final summit team was formed by a group of 10 who waited 30 meters before the summit in order to all go to the top as one. The grueling mountain has seen multiple failed attempts without a summit and is the last of the Eight-thousanders to be summited in winter. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on PinterestĪn all Nepali team have made history by becoming the first people to summit K2 in winter.

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