Worth noting that the team used oxygen, which wasn't the case in some other unsuccessful recent tries.
It is a great achievement for them but it was known that you can do it accompanied by the help of oxygen or a team using it.
This. Using oxygen is regarded by all mountaineering professionals as 'bringing the mountain down to your level', no matter what season.
So the ultimate goal - climbing it in the winter, without bottled oxygen, remains open to others. It has been achieved on all other peaks, but requires many things to come together including huge amount of luck (but that's valid for any 8000m peak).
I would much rather see some elite, whatever the country, climb it in alpine style. The persons who achieve this can be rightfully titled kings of current high altitude mountaineering. Simone Moro, Nirmal Purja and few others have the potential.
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saiya-jin|5 years ago
So the ultimate goal - climbing it in the winter, without bottled oxygen, remains open to others. It has been achieved on all other peaks, but requires many things to come together including huge amount of luck (but that's valid for any 8000m peak).
I would much rather see some elite, whatever the country, climb it in alpine style. The persons who achieve this can be rightfully titled kings of current high altitude mountaineering. Simone Moro, Nirmal Purja and few others have the potential.