K2 IS FAMOUS FOR???????

Question

ITS A MOUNTAIN N FAMOUS FOR SOME THING

Answer 1

Harder mountain to climb than Mt. Everest + 2nd highest in the World

Answer 2

for being the second highest mountain after mount everest

Answer 3

For being the most treacherous mountain to climb.

And possibly for being the highest one ...  

Answer 4

second tallest mountain in the world and has never been climbed.

Answer 5

second highest mountain in the world.

Answer 6

K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth (after Mount Everest). With a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), K2 is part of the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range...

K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and the fact that for every four people who reach the summit, one dies trying...

Answer 7

Most technical mountain to climb -- not the highest peak

Answer 8

Being the highest mountain in the world.

There is a dispute between it and Everest.

Answer 9

One for being the second tallest mountain and second being the toughest mountain to overcome.

Answer 10

K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth (after Mount Everest). With a peak elevation of 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), K2 is part of the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range, and is located in the Northern Areas of the Pakistani Kashmir region, on the border between Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to the difficulty of ascent and the fact that for every four people who reach the summit, one dies trying. Among the Eight-thousanders, K2 has the second-highest climbing mortality rate after Annapurna.

The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey. On 10 September 1856, Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Haramukh, some 130 miles to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labelling them K1 and K2.

There are a number of routes on K2, of somewhat different character, but they all share some key difficulties: First is the extreme high altitude and resulting lack of oxygen: in fact there is only one third as much oxygen available to a climber on the summit of K2 as there is at sea level. Second is the propensity of the mountain to experience extreme storms of several days' duration, which have resulted in many of the deaths on the peak. Third is the steep, exposed, and committing nature of all routes on the mountain, which makes retreat more difficult, especially during a storm. Despite many tries there has been no successful ascent during the winter.