#1 Mount K2, border between Pakistan and China
Height: 8.611 m

Climber named "Wild Mountain", K2 is the second summit of the world as high, after Everest. However, K2 beat his rivals in terms of the dangers and difficulties. Among elite climbers dispute exist even today about which is the most difficult mountain on the planet, expert opinion is divided between Annapura and K2, but from a strictly technical standpoint, K2 shows the greatest difficulty in escalation. Even the easiest route to climb, consists of crossing a complicated high-altitude Alpine glacier.



Mount earned in time the sad reputation of "Killer of Women." From the six mountaineers who have climbed over time, only one, Edurne Pasaban of Spain, escaped with his life. Unlike Annapurna, mount with most human victims, K2 is impossible to climb in winter. At least 77 climbers died on K2 so far, most bodies never being recovered ... The saddest incident occurred in 1986 during the famous 1986 K2 Disaster, when 13 climbers were killed by the storm.