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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Everything about this is just rich-person's adrenaline vacation

I don't imagine I would disagree if you characterized Everest in that manner, but K2 is a much more dangerous and challenging climb than Everest. 6,871 people have summitted Everest and 310 have died climbing the mountain. Only 377 people have summitted K2 and 91 people have died climbing the mountain. People don't attempt K2 just to have an impressive story to tell at dinner parties.