They may have scaled to the top of Everest, but veteran mountaineers Jane Lee and Joanne Soo could face possibly their toughest challenge yet: the technically demanding K2 mountain on the China-Pakistan border.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
They may have scaled to the top of Everest, but veteran mountaineers Jane Lee and Joanne Soo could face possibly their toughest challenge yet: the technically demanding K2 mountain on the China-Pakistan border.
Nicknamed the"Savage Mountain" for having the second-highest fatality rate among summits more than 8,000m above sea level, the mountain features steep slopes at 45-degree angles or more, and the possibility of sudden storms due to the topography of the pyramid-shaped peak. If Ms Lee, 35, and Ms Soo, 49, make it to the top next year, they will be the first women in South-east Asia to do so.
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