Q 01/05

How high is K2?

A) 8,611 m

B) 8,685 m

C) 8,749 m

D) 8,849 m

Answer · why

A) 8,611 m

K2 is 8,611 m (28,251 ft) high, making it the second-highest mountain on Earth after Everest.

Q 02/05

In which mountain range does K2 stand?

A) The Hindu Kush

B) The Karakoram

C) The Himalayas

D) The Pamirs

Answer · why

B) The Karakoram

The Karakoram, a range generally treated as separate from the Himalayas, has K2 as its highest peak; the Himalayas proper lie to the south-east.

Q 03/05

K2 sits on the border between which two countries?

A) Pakistan and China

B) Nepal and China

C) India and China

D) India and Pakistan

Answer · why

A) Pakistan and China

Pakistan and China share the summit: K2 stands on the border between Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan and China's Xinjiang region, and the Chine...

Q 04/05

Which climber's remark that 'it's a savage mountain that tries to kill you' gave K2 its famous nickname?

A) Charles Houston

B) George Bell

C) Walter Bonatti

D) Reinhold Messner

Answer · why

B) George Bell

George Bell, a member of the 1953 American expedition, told reporters on his return that it was a savage mountain that tries to kill you, and 'the Sav...

Q 05/05

Before 2021, roughly how many people died on K2 for every four who reached the top?

A) One

B) One in twenty

C) Two

D) One in forty

Answer · why

A) One

One death for roughly every four summits: by 2020 fewer than 400 climbers had reached K2's top while about 90 had died on it, the deadliest ratio of a...