Past in Perspective.

'Mountains are the beginning and the end

of all natural scenery.'

- John Ruskin

K2, at dawn below the Godwin Austen Glacier

K2 or Mount Godwin Austen is the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest. It is 8611 meters above the sea level. This mountain is known as the Savage Mountain due to extreme difficulty of ascent. The easier side to climb the peak is from Pakistan. It is more difficult to reach the summit from the Chinese side.

Though from the start of the 20th century different people made attempts to surmount it, however they didn't succeed. In the year 1954, an Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 on 31st of July. Despite the successful attempt, the summit was a controversial one for two persons who were accompanying the successful climbers were forced to overnight. As a result the porter, Amir Mehdi, was hospitalized and his toes were amputated because of frostbite.

K2 is the mountain with second...

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