A fantastic front-page story in today’s New York Times, with a great infographic.
K2 is known as the world’s hardest and most dangerous mountain for climbers, more challenging even than Everest.
Farther north and 1,500 miles from Everest, it collects heavy snow and storms, and climbers have only a few days each year when they can try for the peak, usually in early August.
“For a professional, seasoned mountaineer it’s more of the holy grail than Everest,” said the veteran American climber Ed Viesturs. “
There is no easy way to climb K2.”
In a message sent back to friends, three South Koreans from the Flying Jump K2 Expedition expressed their awe about “the mountain of the mountains” and “the mountain that invites death.”
What a great story!
See an interactive version of the same graphic here.