A team of Sherpa climbers reached Skardu in Pakistan to attempt to climb the world's second highest mountain in the winter season.
According to Nima Gyalzen Sherpa, expedition leader of the Taiwanese Winter K2 Expedition, the team will guide Tseng Ko-Erh, who is looking to set the record as the first woman to scale Mt K2 in the winter season.
"We are now at Skardu and will leave for K2 base camp soon," Sherpa, who is also the managing director at Dolma Outdoor Expedition Pvt Ltd, shared.
The team comprises Tseng Ko-Erh, Nima Gyalzen Sherpa, Furu Sherpa, Chhiring Sherpa, Dawa Sherpa, Ngima Tendi Sherpa and Ningma Dorje Tamang.
Tseng has already climbed Mt Kanchenjunga in the last spring season becoming the first Taiwani woman to scale the world's third highest peak. She had also climbed Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse, Mt Manaslu and Mt Dhaulagiri, according to Sherpa.
"Tseng wants to be the youngest woman to climb all 14 peaks above 8000 m," Sherpa, who has set multiple records in mountain climbing, said, adding that if successful, she will be the first woman climber to scale Mt K2 in the winter season.
