K2: The World’s Most DEADLY Mountain to Climb

K2 was once described as 'a savage mountain that tries to kill you', and it's true... To understand what caused K2 to have a fatality rate of 20%, we must break it down into it's location, altitude, weather and technical difficulty!

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TIME STAMPS
0:00 The Savage Mountain
1:13 Breaking Down K2
2:05 K2's Location
3:35 K2's Altitude
4:46 K2's Weather
5:56 K2's Technical Difficulty
9:49 How K2 is Becoming Safer

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K2 with a Drone - PetrJanJuracka

K2 Bottleneck the Data Zone - Travel Hunza Pakistan

Breathtaking K2 - Eddie Bauer

Mountains of Mountains - Fabric Imparto

How Dangerous is Mount Everest - Discovery Australia

Everest The Summit Club - Elia Saikaly

Climbing House Chimney - David Roeske

K2 Bottle Neck - Dave Watson

K2 Summit - Jon Gupta

K2 From Above - Sandro GH

K2 Base Camp Trek - iamkhandanish

Heliski Pakistan 2017 - Fuoripistacortina

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[heidetermeg]

How the hell do you only have 2K subscribers, with quality like this?

You have another account or something? This is so damn good, and I'm really glad I found your channel. I'll be here for the long run. Trust me.

[Chris.Davies]

A friend of mine is still on K2. Died on descent.
RIP Bruce Grant.

[abdDev_]

People underestimate how difficult it is to climb a mountain. Climbed a 2800m mountain in Murree, Pakistan and experienced 2 separate near-death experiences and heck there's a proper trail for climbing that mountain. Can't believe people are brave enough to climb an 8000m mountain. Respect

[richardeberhart]

I watched a documentary about the guy who climbed all 14 of the 8000m mountains in the same 1 year period which is absolutely crazy 😮😮😮

[davehenry]

This is, by far, the best analysis of K2 I've ever seen. I climbed a 14, 439 foot (4401 meters) mountain in Colorado. There were three serious moments where I wasn't sure we were going to survive the climb. Much respect to the climbers who brave the 8000 meter peaks. Especially K2. Just looking at it from base camp is intimidating. I just subscribed to your channel. Look forward to more content in the future.

[lanycera]

First of all, I wouldn't say it's "getting better" per say...Mount Everest as literally become a trash dumping place for "mountaineers" and I truly hope that K2 stays more protected than Everest is. Secondly, it's absolutely insane to me after seeing this video how someone like Reinhold Messner did non-oxygen supplemented ascents on these mountains and climbed Everest solo. That man is a legend.

[ashir.javed]

The fact that its so remote that it had no local name is Savage in itself

[adventurfly]

It's because of k2's unrelenting steepness. Only small relief on the shoulder but getting even to that point is a giant accomplishment most seasons. And k2 has very high avalanche danger which has also claimed many lives. Most beautiful mountain in one of the most rugged, beautiful, and remote places on earth.

[lilac]

Highest I've climbed is 6001m or 19, 688ft (Deo Tibba, Himachal Pradesh), which I did at the age of 16. I'm native to the Himalayas myself so high altitude is not a huge problem for me, but having being brought up in the urban side of India, I lack the same stamina as my folks back in Uttarakhand. I could only dream of K2!

[amarug]

This is some savage quality content. I have zero interest in mountain climbing but I could not stop watch. Amazingly investigated, written, narrated and edited. When I saw your subcount I assumed you had "stolen" the video. My bad, you really deserve hats off - keep it up, instantly subbed!

[Outland]

This video sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole looking for the hardest mountains to climb, after reading a few articles from mountaineering magazines and watching some videos on the subject I found a mountain called 'Ngadi Chuli' - A bit over 200km West from Mt Everest there has been only one confirmed assent (in 1979) to the peak and one unconfirmed (in 1970 - both climbers died in a fall during the decent)

No one has even tried to climb it since 2014.

[rajpatel]

It’s crazy how project possible was able to do all the 14 including the beast of k2 and Annapurna. This video does an excellent job truly showing how difficult that feat was with an explanation of the rigors of one mountain

[siddharthjain]

I myself climbed the Mt. Everest base camp last year. At 5360m in altitude, the drop is air pressure becomes really apparent, even to the fittest. The temperature at some places dropped to -20 degrees Celsius. And its not like the trek is made easier with comfortable tea houses and all along the way. The accommodations at the top are bare minimal, and toilets are almost non-existent. I still wonder how me and my team of 24 made it from Lukla to the base camp in just 9 days. It is by far the hardest thing I have ever done.

[mariannagreenlee]

Last year may give climbers the impression K2 has become “easy”. This could be a set up for a disaster.

[KarlRock]

Great video. I’ll never climb it (or any mountain for that matter lol) but I will be nearby it at some point on a motorcycle.

[jonloftness]

When people attempt to summit mountains like K2, what happens to all the supplies used to get there? What happens to ropes, ladders, oxygen tanks, garbage, etc? Just curious if humans are destroying just another place we insist on going. Don't take my question wrong. I admire people with the physical and mental strength to climb and I absolutely love the beauty of the video.

[ZATennisFan]

K2, like all mountains, doesn't try to kill you. It's more about the fact that it doesn't even deign to admit you exist. The mountain just is. And it's implacable in that "itness" if there is such a word. It's like the great oceans of the world. It's just there and if you intrude the consequences are on your own

[OnnSight]

i can't even imagine the feeling of getting to the top after all this effort and then going back down just insane how people can push themselves

[TierNoneOperator]

I live in an area that has many 7-10, 000 foot mountains (2-3, 000 meters) and I am regularly in and around and on top of them. The storms that can come up are fast and violent. I have extreme respect for the mountains, and can only imagine what these bave people go through. Highest I've ever been was 12, 000 feet which feels like nothing in comparison.

[JerBuster]

Let's hope the foreign climbers treat the K2 sherpas well. Read an article where a Mt. Everest climber was near death and miraculously hauled back by one sherpa to safety. Only for that climber to thank only his sponsors and not the sherpa who literally carried him down the mountain on his back.