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We made a joint effort on K2 for Nepal and Nepalese climbing community.

Whoever write whatever, his climb on winter K2 without oxygen will be always praised.

We then started moving towards the Summit singing the National Anthem. This time it was connected with the pride of the nation and we were emotionally attached.

I almost gave up there because of cold…

The weather on 16th January was fantastic weather so we planned to leave at 1am instead of 11pm considering 14 hours maximum to reach the Summit and back.

When we started climbing the big wall below the Camp 4, we found big crevasse which was impossible to cross but we didn’t lose our hope.

Nims with 2 Sherpa continued fixing rope above Camp 3.

I shared my report with them but they doubt as it was from Nepal and their weather forecasts were from foreign experts.

Nims dai called me on the radio and told us our equipment at 7000m were in good shape but the tent was completely broken.

“We said, doesn’t matter if we loose some fingers or toes, we will make the summit at any cost.”

We had wind the whole night and Kilu started complaining of chest pain. We checked his oxygen level and it was only 43 which were actually worrying situation.

That was the moment which made Nims’s team and my team to be one team on one mission because we both were not guiding and we both were climbing for our Nation

“It took us more than 2 hours to dig a place for our tent in cold temperature and cold wind.” #Nepalese_Team_Winter_K2

Pemba Gyalje Sherpa was named the 2008 National Geographic Adventure Adventurer of the Year, for “extreme heroism under trying extreme circumstances”.