Norwegian Woman, Nepali Sherpa Become World’s Fastest to Climb All 14 Tallest Peaks

Norwegian climber Kristin Harila speaks during an interview with AFP at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 8, 2023. Bikash Karki/AFP via Getty Images

KATHMANDU—A Norwegian woman and her sherpa guide climbed Mount K2 in Pakistan on Thursday, their 14th highest mountain in just over three months, becoming the world’s fastest climbers to scale all peaks above 8,000 meters (26,246 feet) in the shortest time, an official of their Nepali organizing company said.

Kristin Harila, 37, and Nepal’s Tenjen (Lama) Sherpa, 35, scaled K2, which is the world’s second highest at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) with eight other guides, Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, managing director of the Seven Summit Treks (SST) company which is providing logistics to the climbers, said in Kathmandu.