![]() Unlike the world's highest peak Mount Everest, which has been scaled by thousands of climbers young and old, K2 is much less travelled. Known as "the savage mountain", K2 has harsh conditions - winds can blow at more than 200 kilometres per hour (124 miles per hour) and temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit). (CNN) Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world's second. ![]() ![]() Climber Sergi Mingote died while attempting to reach the K2 summit. The summer season follows history being made in northern Pakistan as a team of Nepali climbers became the first to summit K2 in the winter.īut at least five other climbers died on K2's slopes while a sixth went missing during an ascent on a nearby peak. Updated 9:53 AM ET, Sun January 17, 2021. With Pakistan's borders open and few other places to go due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country's summer climbing season is attracting a large number of alpinists. "Rick died doing what he loved the most and lived his life with the courage of his convictions," tweeted Partners Relief & Development, adding that two other climbers on the expedition survived the avalanche.Īllen's death comes a week after South Korea's Kim Hong-bin was killed after falling into a crevasse while descending from the nearby Broad Peak. A charity that Allen was raising money for during the climb also confirmed his death. ![]()
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