K2
K2 Base Camp Trek
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Published duration
- 16 days
- Published distance
- 110 km
Partial recorded route. The route line shown here is only a recorded fragment, not the whole trek. It is not suitable for navigation.
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The giants
Five of the world's fourteen eight-thousanders rise here
Four stand in the Karakoram; Nanga Parbat rises at the western end of the Himalaya. Each is more than 8,000 metres above sea level.
K2, number 2 in the world
8,611 m · Karakoram
First climbed 1954 by Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli (Italian expedition).
Nanga Parbat, number 9 in the world
8,126 m · Himalaya
First climbed 1953 by Hermann Buhl, solo.
Gasherbrum I, number 11 in the world
8,080 m · Karakoram
First climbed 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman.
Broad Peak, number 12 in the world
8,051 m · Karakoram
First climbed 1957 by Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger and Hermann Buhl.
Gasherbrum II, number 13 in the world
8,035 m · Karakoram
First climbed 1956 by Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart.
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