A mountaineering team with climbers from around the world, including the U.S., was attempting to climb one of the tallest peaks on earth.
FILE - Nirmal Purja, one of the team members of the all-Nepalese mountaineering team that became the first to scale Mount K2 in winter, gestures as the team arrives at Tribhuwan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 26, 2021.
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