K2 National Park

K2 National Park


K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world afterMount Everest. With a peak elevation of 8611 meters(28,251 feet), K2 is part of the Karakoram Range, issituated on the borderbetween the Taxkorgan TajikAutonomous County of the District, China, and Gilgit,Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.
K2 is known as the Savage Mountain due to thedifficulty of ascent and the second highest death rateamong the "eight thousanders" for those who climb it.For all four having reached the summit, one diedtrying.Unlike Annapurna, the highest mountain in thedeath rate, had never climbed K2 in winter.















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