K2 , also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori , at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level,is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest(Highest mountain) at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of north Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.
K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram range(mighty mountain 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 death is confirmed on the mountain for every four who reach the summit. It is more difficult and hazardous to reach the peak of K2 from the Chinese side, so it is usually climbed from the Pakistani side. K2 has never been climbed during winter season, unlike Annapurna, the mountain with the highest fatality-to-summit rate 191 summits and 61 fatalities , or the other eight-thousanders.
Ascents have almost always been made in months of July and August, the warmest times of year; K2's more northern location makes it more susceptible to inclement and colder weather.
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.
The beauty of this mighty peak attracts the mountaineers
There are other peaks with are also climbed in this region.
Each year hundreds of mountaineers come to Pakistan to climb it.
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