for someone with absolutely 0 years of alpine climbing experience. think it's like less than 400 successful summits respectively for each mountain, compared to something like 8000 on everest

looking in to booking k2 base camp trip for next year. i have absolutely no intention of attempting to climb it at all ever, but would like to see the mountain in person nonetheless

zero climbing xp? impossible

I wouldn’t say k2 is the right first choice for a climbing noob lol it’s meant to be very hard. But you don’t have any intention of climbing it all so I guess why not, that region of Pakistan is really beautiful tbh

lol inb4 frozen toes

For a miscer, I think it's barely a challenge.

you just walk up. not that hard

ofc, they'd be free-soloing it dick and balls swinging all the way to the top in no time

6'4" 225 lbs SHREDDED
CEO $10k/day
180 IQ
8" dink
Master level wall st trader
Expert in MMA and street fighting

... and god tier mountaineer


All in a day's work for an average miscer.

Easy because they all have stairs and ladders now

Climbing it with zero experience?

100% chance of dying.

Why would people go to k2 when the highest peak is next door. That’s why.

Would be cool as heck to go to base camp and check it out.

OP how dare you act like you could just climb one of those mountains because you go to planet fitness a few times a week. Professional climbers who are 10x the man you are have died trying.

k2 and annapurna are harder to climb vs Everest....and the Fact is, Everest is hard. Damn hard. Strong, experienced climbers have dropped dead from the effort or exposure. Pushing above 8,000 meters is like venturing into space. The slightest miscalculation or misstep will kill you. Few climbs in the world are as unforgiving. Everest is a worthy mental and physical challenge and it deserves respect. Anyone who says otherwise has either not climbed it, lacks the courage to reveal their own struggles during the climb, or lacks the objectivity to honestly take pride in their achievement.

But in general, while Everest is all about altitude, K2 is all about climbing.

Even tho K2 is lower than Everest by about 800 feet, the climbing presents an entirely different level of difficulty, complexity and needs for skills. Each climber must has proven, long term skills in rock, ice, snow. Falter on one, you gamble with your life. The fixed ropes are mostly a placebo, some showing the route but others not strong enough to stop a fall.

You actually rock climb using hands and feet, look for hand holds, literally use your upper body to ascend using a jumar. You use the front points of your crampons, not for traction on a snow slope, but to secure your body to a vertical ice or rock wall. It is a game of tiny edges, of inches. Your body is supported by your feet, your hands prevent you from falling backwards. If you slip on loose rocks and are not properly secured, you will fall and die. There is no recovery opportunity. Climb K2 is about as serious as one can get and at severe altitude.

“Summit Everest and you earn bragging rights. Summit K2 and you earn respect.”

These days probably not as hard as one would think. A lot of people summit Everest with few fatalities.

Ofc this doesn’t mean any unexperienced miscer can go and be carried up. That won’t happen and you will die.


From what I’ve read k2 is the most technically challenging climb, far more so than Everest.



If you wanna be a bad ass climb Everest without sherpas and without oxygen.

Around 287 people have died on Everest with about 7,500 summits ~4%. On K2 86 deaths for 375 summits ~ 23%. The leading cause of death on K2? – the climber “disappears”. On Everest it is from falls.

From 1986 to 2015 at K2, there were 11 years with no summits. From 2009 to 2015, there were only three years with summits – 2011 only from the Chinese side, and 2012 and 2014 each with about 40 – 50 people summiting – record breaking years as a result of a week of excellent and rare summit conditions. Everest went from 1974 to 2014 with summits every year – 40 straight years!