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The first serious attempt to climb the mountain was in 1902 by a party including Aleister Crowley, who later became notorious as "the Wickedest Man in the World".The expedition examined ascent routes both north and south of the mountain and made best progress up the north-east ridge before they were forced to abandon their efforts. [8]
For most of its climbing history, K2 was not usually climbed with supplemental oxygen. Small, lightweight teams were the norm. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] However, the 2004 season saw a great increase in the use of oxygen: 28 of 47 summiteers used oxygen in that year.
High on K2: Seracs above the Bottleneck. The Bottleneck is a location along the South-East Spur (also known as Abruzzi Spur), the most-used route to the summit of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, in the Karakoram, on the border of Pakistan and China.
K2 from Godwin-Austen Glacier (photo Sella 1909 [note 1]). The 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 was the unsuccessful second attempt by American mountaineers to climb the then-unclimbed second-highest mountain in the world, K2, following the 1938 reconnaissance expedition.
K2 from Godwin-Austen Glacier (photo Sella 1909 [note 1]). The 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2, more properly called the "First American Karakoram expedition", investigated several routes for reaching the summit of K2, an unclimbed mountain at 28,251 feet (8,611 m) the second highest mountain in the world.
Carlos Soria has become a leading sports figure because of his achievement of extraordinary feats at an age when most persons of his generation are spectators. His 2004 ascent of the K2 (8,611 meters) at the age of 65 and his 2008 solo ascent without oxygen of the Makalu (8,463 meters), have revolutionized mountaineering.
His successful completion of the Grand's Exum Ridge and West Face, along with his contributions to the development of bouldering, stand among his other climbing achievements. On the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 he attempted to climb K2 , the second tallest mountain in the world.
Alberto Zerain Berasategi (20 August 1961 – 24 June 2017 [1]) was a Spanish mountaineer.He is best known as a solo alpinist and the first person to summit K2 during the 2008 K2 Disaster [2] on 1 August.