Foreign team makes first 8,000m summit of the summer climbing season in Gilgit-Baltistan

Matteo Della Bordella, Mirco Grasso, Luca Ducoli and Giacomo Mauri at the K7 base camp.—Dawn • Six-member rope-fixing group establishes route to peak • Expedition includes climbers from China, Ukraine, Lithuania, Nepal and Pakistan • Italian team opens a new route on K7’s Southeast Face, but turns back 350 metres below the summit due to dangerous conditions GILGIT: A seven-member international expedition, along with a six-member rope-fixing team, successfully summited Nanga Parbat (8,126...

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