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Winter climbing
Nepalese Team First to Summit K2 in Winter
A team of 10 Nepalese climbers including Nirmal "Nims" Purja reached the summit of K2 at approximately 5pm local time, completing one of the last great challenges in mountaineering.
Alex Txikon Comes Up Short on Everest Summit Attempt
Since late December 2016, Basque climber Alex Txikon has been in Nepal attempting to become the first person to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen entirely in the winter season. Despite reaching an altitude of approximately 7,950 meters on his first summit push, poor conditions forced Txikon and his team