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• Six-member rope-fixing group establishes route to peak
• Expedition includes climbers from China, Ukraine, Lithuania, Nepal and Pakistan
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GILGIT: A seven-member international expedition, along with a six-member rope-fixing team, successfully summited Nanga Parbat (8,126 metres) on Thursday, marking the first successful ascent of an 8,000-metre peak in Pakistan during this summer’s climbing season.
