Western Europe's tallest peak Mont Blanc, which spans France, Italy and Switzerland, is one of the most dangerous and deadly in the world. Despite this, thousands attempt the climb each year - and many of them have little mountaineering experience.
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While gear lists and physical training are similar for climbing both peaks, K2 is widely considered a more technically challenging and dangerous mountain to climb than Everest.
Now, K2 is either the most or 2nd most difficult 8000er at the least (Annapurna is more dangerous but K2 is considered harder) and K2 has the 2nd least amount of oxygen of any peak on Earth.
Well, according to Guinness World Records, Annapurna I is the deadliest mountain in the world. (Yes, there is a world record for that, but we don't suppose the mountain wants its certificate.) This might surprise you. Many people would assume the world's deadliest mountain is K2 or Everest.
From this example, despite Everest being taller, Annapurna's total elevation gain is higher than Everest's. You will, therefore, require more effort and more time to climb Annapurna. Unfortunately, the more time you spend up in the high altitude, the riskier it gets for you.
Because 75% of people who climb K2 use the Abruzzi Spur, these listed routes are rarely climbed. No one has climbed the East Face of the mountain due to the instability of the snow and ice formations on that side. Besides the East Face, the North Face has not yet been climbed either.
According to the Himalayan database, at least 322 people have perished on Mount Everest since records began in 1922, averaging out to about 4.4 deaths per year and that number slowly ticks up each year. The first summit of the mountain was in 1953.
The mountain has claimed over 300 climbers in recent history, and about two-thirds of that number remain on the mountain. The current estimate of remains left behind on Everest total around 200.
There's just the difficulty, the steepness of the mountain. Also it's further north than Everest, so it is colder. And it's also at the very top of the range, so it's the first mountain to get the big storms from the north. So the winds apparently are horrendous on K2, more so than, say, on Everest.
The Southeast Ridge route is widely acknowledged to be much easier to top the Everest. An authentic statistics show that the death toll of the Southeast Ridge route is far less than that of the Northeast Ridge one with factors most related to the altitude, fall, crevasse, and avalanche.