Due to its status as the highest mountain on Earth, most laymen think of Mount Everest as the greatest of all mountaineering challenges. But mountain climbers know that the second-highest peak, K2, is actually far more dangerous. The path to the top is more hazardous than that of Everest, and the climb back down is brutally exhausting. One out of four p…
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