K2 is the second highest mountain in the world at 8,611 metres above sea level. It is located on the Korakram, China-Pakistan border, in Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest where approximately one person dies on the mountain for every four or five who reach the summit.
Other names of Mountain
K2 is also known as the Savage Mountain after George Bell, a climber on the 1953 American Expedition, told reporters “It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you”. The mountain is also known as Chhogori, or Mount Godwin-Austen. Other nicknames for K2 are The King of Mountains and The Mountaineers’ Mountain, as well as The Mountain of Mountains after climber Reinhold Messner titled his book about K2 the same. K2 is the only eight-thousand metre peak that has never been climbed during winter or from its East Face.
Location
| Karakoram range, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |