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For those wondering how hard it is : More people have traveled to space than have summited K2 in summer [1]. [1] https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/breathtakin
by tangue 6y ago
For those wondering how hard it is : More people have traveled to space than have summited K2 in summer [1].
[1] https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/breathtaking-k2-%E2%80%93-the-worlds-most-dangerous-mountain https://www.mountainfilm.org/media/breathtaking-k2-%E2%80%93...
- sh87 6y agocounting people who have tried and failed to summit K2 vs space travel is (to me) a better quantification.
- x3iv130f 6y ago23-29% of the climbers who try K2 die in the attempt. It is at the very least an order of magnitude more dangerous than space flight.
- actuator 6y agoJust to add, Annapurna is the deadliest 8000er. With Kanchenjunga, K2 in second depending on where you get stats from.
- saberience 6y agoI always thought Nanga Parbat was more deadly than Kanchenjunga.
- Syzygies 6y agoThis "Fatality Rate" compares successful summits and returns to those who die trying. Worded this way, it's a tricky number to pin down. You could be with a group that never planned to choose you as part of the smaller summit party, and still die on the mountain. But it's far from true that a quarter of people who visit the mountain die.
- whereistimbo 6y agoThe real russian roulette...