According to The Himalayan Times, expedition operators confirmed that 24 climbers from Seven Summit Treks, five from Summit Climb and two Sherpa climbers from Madison Mountaineering, climbed the mountain and reached the peak.
Thirty-one is the second highest number of climbers to have reached K2 peak.
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“Two months of hard work has finally paid off,” team leader Sherpa said, adding that the ordeal showed that a successful ascent was possible.
All the climbers have now begun their descent to the lower camps, the team leader added.
Mount K2 is considered as one of the world’s deadliest mountains to climb which had claimed at least 84 lives so far.
According to a climbing record, less than 500 climbers have been able to make it to the K2 summit point.
This story originally appeared in The Himalayan Times
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