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We're high on a snowy mountain in Pakistan where a group of Nepalese climbers are struggling to harsh winds

It's two o'clock in the evening. I think this is one of the hardest

climb we have all met

That's Ming Makyalges Sherpa. He goes by Ming Majee for short

He and his team are trying to make history on the world's second highest mountain the legendary K2

The team have been navigating a route to the summit but were blocked by a dangerous crevice

That's a deep crack in the snow that could swallow the climbers

So they had to retreat back to their camp a tiny cluster of tents clinging to the side of the mountain

It is so difficult to find a way through the crevasse we were

We're so high on the other side and we could not cross crevasse when we went back and we

camped more on the bridge towards the decision sides and finally crossed the crevasse deer and

And two o'clock we muted in camp three

K2 is shorter than mountain Everest by about two football fields

But it's far more difficult to climb reserved for only the most seasoned mountaineers

In the 1950s George Bell one of the first climbers to attempt it called it a savage mountain that tries to kill you

Even in the summer it's so cold that severe frostbite is a constant worry

So windy the climbers can be hurled off its face

So steep at a poorly placed ice axe or misty rope can instantly lead to tragedy and

Mingmeji and his fellow Nepalees

They're attempting to do something that many thought was impossible

Even suicidal

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