2020 Winter K2
K2, the second highest mountain in the world doesn’t need any introduction. The mountain was first climbed in July 31, 1954 by Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli and the record of summiteers reached approximately 460 by 2019 followed by 84 deaths but never been topped in winter. The winter history on K2 shows 6 different years of attempts in the past. And K2 is the only 8000ers remained to be climbed in winter. Winter is a time of low barometric pressure which means less oxygen pressure. The temperature can drop below - C. The legendary climber, Reinhold Messner described K2 as “The Mountain Of Mountains”. The mountain is deadly itself and climbing in winter has to face strong and cold wind in extremely low temperature. Successful routes on K2 are described as South East Ridge (Abruzzi) climbed in 1954 by Italian team, North East Ridge to Abruzzi Spur in 1978 by American team, West Ridge in 1981 by Japanese team, North Ridge in 1982 by Japane