How many people have summited and how many people have died trying on K2?
There have been 300 summits (compared with approximately 3500 on Everest). 75 climbers have died on K2, thirty-three while descending from the summit making it is the most deadly mountain in the world. 11 died in 2008 including my friend Gerard McDonnell. K2 has a special reputation for women climbers. Basque climber Edurne Pasaban was the sixth woman to climb K2 in 2004 and is the only one still alive today.
