K2 - Unbelievable and deadly facts about K2 mountain in 1 minute

K2 or Godwin-Austen is the second tallest mountain in world after Mount Everest with an elevation of 8,611m and the deadliest of all.

5433 people have successfully summited Mount Everest but only 225 could do that on K2.

K2 has death rate of 26.4% and is way higher than Mount Everest which is 3.9%

There are more than 80 dead bodies lying somewhere on this deadly mountain.

The first serious attempt to climb K2 was made in 1902 but it was summited for first time in 1954.

And summited for second time 23 years later in 1977.

14 mountains in world are higher than 8,000m and are called eight thousanders.

All eight thousanders have been climbed in winters except K2, no one could ever summit it in winters.

It takes approximately 50,000USD per person to give a try to climb K2.

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