K2 is the original american ski and snowboard brand founded in 1962 in washington state.
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Montgomerie of the survey of india and it was given the symbol k2 because it was the second peak measured in the karakoram range.
The mountain was discovered in 1856 by col.
Finally last year we decide to do the k2 trek in july 2019.
We prepared ourself for this trek by doing some swimming hiking and cycling.
I ll explain by comparing k2 to everest since this is the most popular 8000 mountain to climb.
So why exactly is k2 so dangerous.
Being a trekkers k2 has been in our mind for many years.
The most common climbing route that climbers take to ascend k2 the second highest mountain in the world is the abruzzi spur or the southeast ridge.
The k2 gneiss consists of a mixture of orthogneiss and biotite rich paragneiss.
The ridge and route loom menacingly above base camp on the godwin austen glacier on the south side of the mountain.
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On the south and southeast face of k2 the orthogneiss consists of a mixture of a strongly foliated plagioclase hornblende gneiss and a biotite hornblende k feldspar orthogneiss which has been intruded by garnet mica leucogranitic dikes.
After many weeks of research we decided to travel with a local company trango.
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2008 brought on one of the greatest tragedies in mountaineering history when 11 climbers died on k2 in a single day.
At 8611 meters it s the second highest peak in the world bested only by everest at 8 848m.