K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth. It is located in the Karako
ram part of the Himalayan range, on the border between the Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik independent County of Xinjiang, China However, those who climb K2 must acquire entry via Pakistan as the Chinese side is unreachable.
Chinese authorities legitimately refer to K2 as Qogir; simplified Chinese; traditional Chinese; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng. This name is derived from Chogori, a synthetic name made up by Western explorers early in the 20th century from two Balti words, chhogo ('big') and ri ('mountain'). Other names include Mount Godwin-Austen, Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu: کے ٹو), Dapsang, Kechu or Ketu.
There are a number of routes on K2, of somewhat different character, but they all share some key difficulties: First is the severe high elevation and resulting lack of oxygen: in fact there is only one third as much oxygen available to a backpacker on the summit of K2 as there is at sea level. Second is the tendency of the mountain to experience extreme storms of several days' duration, which have resulted in many of the deaths on the peak. Third is the steep, exposed, and committing nature of all routes on the mountain, which makes retreat more complicated, particularly during a storm. Despite many tries there has been no triumphant ascent during the winter.
ram part of the Himalayan range, on the border between the Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik independent County of Xinjiang, China However, those who climb K2 must acquire entry via Pakistan as the Chinese side is unreachable.Chinese authorities legitimately refer to K2 as Qogir; simplified Chinese; traditional Chinese; pinyin: Qiáogēlǐ Fēng. This name is derived from Chogori, a synthetic name made up by Western explorers early in the 20th century from two Balti words, chhogo ('big') and ri ('mountain'). Other names include Mount Godwin-Austen, Lamba Pahar ("Tall Mountain" in Urdu: کے ٹو), Dapsang, Kechu or Ketu.
There are a number of routes on K2, of somewhat different character, but they all share some key difficulties: First is the severe high elevation and resulting lack of oxygen: in fact there is only one third as much oxygen available to a backpacker on the summit of K2 as there is at sea level. Second is the tendency of the mountain to experience extreme storms of several days' duration, which have resulted in many of the deaths on the peak. Third is the steep, exposed, and committing nature of all routes on the mountain, which makes retreat more complicated, particularly during a storm. Despite many tries there has been no triumphant ascent during the winter.
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