Why K2 is More Dangerous Than Everest | Five Reasons Explained

When it comes to the highest mountain of the world, you know the answer: Mount Everest. But when it comes to the dangerous and harder one, it's not Everest but K2. Compared to K2, Everest is literally a trek to the summit.

At 8,611 meters, K2 is the globe’s second highest mountain. In this video, I have explained five reasons why K2 is more dangerous than Everest.

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[KellyfromMemphis]

Excellent video! I am never going to climb a mountain, but fascinated by it all.

[judyo]

You're my favorite high altitude climbing channel on YouTube. Keep up the great job 👍 👏 🙌!

[briemerlot]

I just finished reading the K2 book by Ed Viesturs. Your pictures of places mentioned in his book were a lot of help in visualizing the climb! Thanks!

[EAcapuccino]

Factual and loved this 😊
K2 already looks terrifying before i even started to watch this!

[sultanniazi]

I like your channel. As someone who has gone to K2 base camp and camp one you are totally correct. Just the trek to its base camp is epic. Trango towers and all. Karakorams are so remote and 400 miles north of nepals Himalayas. That’s the allure and much sharper. Do you know you can find bodies on Everest. Only broken fragments on K2 as it’s Sharp like a butchers knife.

[wm.tomlinson]

Thank you for a very informative video. About climbing mountains; is it really "because it is there?" ... or is it vanity?

[zrolyn]

If K2 is that dangerous can't imagine how bad K1 is.

[PeterFour]

Also consider Everest's giant neighbor, Mount Lhotse. The south and east faces are supposedly even more difficult and dangerous than K2. You rarely ever hear of anyone climbing Lhotse from those routes.

[ARTWV]

I climbed both in the same year. Summer of 06

[vindictivetiger]

I think that if I would go to K2, the trek there would be enough for me. I'm good with just looking at it without having to breath a tank of O2.

[jhors]

Thank you for posting this interesting video

[travisfinucane]

I guess counterpoint is that Everest is more dangerous because it attracts the kind (and quantity) of climbers that become a danger to the effort for everybody. Waiting in line at a traffic jam with brains swelling from altitude sickness is only a danger on Everest.

[israelizzyyarrashamiaak]

I flared way early on a landing from a skydiving jump. I was still a young jumper and I panicked. Dropped about 40 feet straight down.

That’s all. 40 feet … spent 7 months in the hospital.

These people fall hundreds of feet and sometimes live throughout the fall and the landing only to die of exposure before someone can get them down. Imagine that pain.

Salute to the mountain warriors. Y’all a little nuts but I’m here for it…. By YouTube that is. Won’t find me near snow intentionally

[scorchedearthdj]

There are still immensely dangerous routes up Everest. The issue is that the majority of climbers have no interest in trying them.

[R-gczb]

Everyone knows about it...
but, no one is taking home the 2nd best girl home 😊😊

[lorddeathspit]

Everest is Disney and K2 is six flags. You go to K2 for the wilder rides.

[charliekezza]

Rich people go up Everest real climbers do K2

[gasperstarina]

Anyone Watched K2 movie (1991 or 1992 movie) watched it every day as a child...my obsession

[jeannekeweloh]

Beautiful video, but I really wonder why people would climb a mountain like K2... 🤷‍♀️

[anthonymcneill]

K2 is a foreboding mountain for certain!