Matteo Della Bordella, Mirco Grasso, Luca Ducoli and Giacomo Mauri at the K7 base camp.—Dawn • Six-member rope-fixing group establishes route to peak • Expedition includes climbers from China, Ukraine, Lithuania, Nepal and Pakistan • Italian team opens a new route on K7’s Southeast Face, but turns back 350 metres below the summit due to dangerous conditions 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. The summer climbing season in Gilgit-Baltistan typically begins in mid-June and continues until mid-August, with several foreign expeditions currently attempting to scale the region’s high-altitude peaks. The Seven Summit Treks expedition team comprised Tao Hu (China), Antonina Samoilova (Ukraine), Mindaugas Satkauskas (Lithuania), Dawa Sherpa, Dendi Sherpa, Lakpa Temba Sherpa (Nepal), and Abbas Ali Mehdi (Pakistan).