How did K2 get its name?
Most mountains are named after nearby sites, the surveyor, some geographical feature or religious symbol. But since K2 is not visible from any village, it kept the name given by the surveyor, TG Montgomerie, when he was surveying the Karakorum peaks in 1856. Q: When is it usually climbed? A: As with most Himalayan peaks in Pakistan, summer is best since it is warmer with less threat of snow. I climbed in July and August and had fantastic weather in late June and July but we had severe snow towards the end of the expedition that stopped the climb for most of our K2 team and all the other expeditions. Q: I understand that Broad Peak is an easy 8000m climb. How hard is it? A: It is not ‘easy’ – no 8000 meter mountain is easy. BP is often called “easy” in the sense that there is almost no technical climbing (e.g. vertical walls). However there is always avalanche dangers plus the biggest challenge is that Broad Peak actually has three summits. Many climbers who claim they have summited Bro
