K2... The Savage Mountain Base Camp...

K2 / Mount Godwin-Austen / Chhogori or SAVAGE Mountain

K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level. It is located on the China-Pakistan border between Baltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range and the highest point in both Pakistan and Xinjiang...

K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the extreme difficulty of ascent. It has the second-highest fatality rate among the eight thousanders. With around 300 successful summits and 77 fatalities, about one person dies on the mountain for every four who summit...

Abruzzi Spur route (Most popular route to summit this mountain)

It is more difficult and hazardous to reach the peak of K2 from the Chinese side; thus, it is usually climbed from the Pakistani side...

Climbers and portes are moving towards base camp

The mountain was first surveyed by a European survey team in 1856. Team member Thomas Montgomerie designated the mountain "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range...

Final push towards summit

First successful summit of K2 was held on 31 July 1954 by the Italian expedition team. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. The team included a Pakistani member, Colonel Muhammad Ata-Ullah...

K2 has never been climbed during winter

I used to climb mountains a lot: I decided to go to Pakistan to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain. I didn’t get quite to the top – Greg Mortenson

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