Mountaineers, supporters, friends and family gathered at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to greet the team of Nepali climbers who made history by scaling the world’s second-highest peak — Pakistan’s K2.

The supporters greeted the team with garlands and cheers as a police band played tunes. The climbers’ team who arrived home today were then driven around the city in open trucks today morning.

The team scaled the K2 in harsh weather conditions, on January 16, at 17:00 Pakistan’s local time. At 8,611 metres (28,251 feet), K2 is the most prominent peak on the Pakistani side of the Himalayan range, and the world’s second-highest after Mount Everest.

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