After 17 years, we look back at the 2008 K2 disaster, one of the deadliest tragedies in modern mountaineering, which saw 11 ...

On all K2 routes the danger is always there. But on Abruzzi chances of an avalanche are more. On the upper part of K2, seracs are dangerous. You don’t know when a small or big rock is going to fall.

Earlier in 2021, well-known Pakistani climber Mohammad Ali Sadpara and two others went missing when they attempted to scale the K2 mountain. They were then officially declared dead by the authorities.

On all K2 routes the danger is always there. But on Abruzzi chances of an avalanche are more. On the upper part of K2, seracs are dangerous. You don’t know when a small or big rock is going to fall.