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Watch 2018 Ascent of K2 During Good Season

The K2 2018 summer season has come to an end, but the peak had a record 62 summits and the first ski descent.

From 2009 to 2016, there were only three years with summits with the best year ever for K2 before 2018 being in 2004 with 51 summits.

Watch this video by Takayasu Semba, who reached the summit of K2 with 30 other climbers on one day as part of the guided group Madison Mountaineering.

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