My entire life, I assumed that Everest was the most dangerous peak in the world. I could not have been more incorrect. I just spent a good half hour reading this account of the peak K2 in Pakistan, and I must say that it is indeed tragic and riveting. Check it out if you have a chance.
A Few False Moves
In early August, after 11 climbers died on the world’s second-highest peak, people wanted to know: Has the Everest circus migrated to K2? MICHAEL KODAS pieced together the events from eight of the survivors and has a straight answer: Sort of.
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Climbers navigate the Traverse. (Nicholas Rice) | |
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THERE MAY BE NO MORE DANGEROUS PLACE to watch a sunset than the top of K2. But on August 1, before all hell broke loose on the world’s second-highest mountain, the weather was so calm and clear that some of the 18 climbers who’d summitted that day spent up to an hour and a half taking it in.