Why K2 is a harder climb than Mt. Everest

Vanessa O'Brien is an expert mountaineer. She is the fastest woman to climb the highest peak on every continent and the first American and British woman to climb K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.
Here, we talk with her about why Mt. Everest isn't the hardest mountain in the world to climb, and why so fewer who attempt K2 ever make it to the top. You can learn more about O'Brien's adventures by following her on Facebook and Twitter. Following is a transcript of the video.
So when comparing Everest versus K2, they are very, very different.
First, you have two different countries. You have Nepal versus Pakistan so I'd say technically it's more challenging to get to Pakistan to get the visas, the logistics.
You've got different tracks in, so the track into Pakistan to get to K2 base camp involves traveling over a glacier. A glacier is harder to climb, you've got mixed rock, which makes twisting an ankle very, very easy.
When you're going up to Everest Base Camp, you're just on a dirt trail so it's very, very easy.
Also, when you're traveling on K2, you're packing your whole expedition and you're building tents along the way, when you're traveling to Everest Base Camp, you're staying at teahouses so you don't have to travel in tents.
When you're on the actual climb, K2 is shaped like a triangle so it's demanding 110% day one, whereas Everest, there's twists and turns, so it's not always climbing steep.
Weather is much more unpredictable on K2 and I would say the technical climbing on K2 is hard so Everest has the Hillary step, which everyone's heard about, that's one obstacle. But for the most part it's pretty - the paths are well laid-out because a lot of people climb Everest every year where K2, there is very few expeditions that climb because there's such an unpredictability of summits.
And it's more technical so, it's more of a mixed rock, ice, and alpine climb so you have places like House's Chimney and Black Pyramid, which are hard rock climbs in the middle of an alpine climb. So very, very different.
If I look statistically, there's a 40% chance of no summits in any one year so this is a really tough mountain. There's less than 400 summits overall compared to Everest's 7500 summits so just remarkably how much harder K2 is every season that presents itself.
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[@JohnDoe-fg9ng]

You climb Everest to tell stories about it at parties. You climb K2 if you wanna be one of the best mountaineers.

[@Assassunn]

you need around 70000€ to climb the Everest lol

[@herbert9241]

What's that - a T-shirt on sale at the K2 souvenir shop?

[@herbert9241]

The Lamborghini in which Chris beat Rihanna - Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a quote from a mountaineer's biography. It's one of those quotes which only has credence in its original context. I.e. participle context. Taken to the nth degree, one might imagine a mountaineers' dinner party split into two distinct factions: one group convivially indulging in wine, chatter and laughter, carelessly dropping vol-au-vents on the floor - while a select few hover above them, cross-legged on magic carpets, tacitly emanating zen. The latter contingent are those who've had tea and crumpets with the Loch Ness Monster, of course. They're there to bolster the ranks of a party set diminished by the unforgiving K2 equation: achievement of K2 summit = immediate and ultimate cessation of social engagements. That's what I imagine when I see that quote, anyway. Thumb me up if you agree / vote me in and I'll declare a month of public holidays with drinks and snacks thrown in.

[@warhammer8403]

BITCHES PLZ MOUNT ANNAPURNA IS THE WORLDS DEADLIEST MOUNTAIN NOT K2

[@herbert9241]

I watched an Annapurna expedition on KZbin. They had a major problem trying to pick a slot between avalanches to be able to leave base camp. Avalanches seemed to be a daily occurrence on Annapurna.

[@JesterHyhuahua]

K2 should be renamed Neverest. Like Everest, except you never rest the whole damn climb.

[@Mirsab]

Jester Hyhuahua good one 😂😂😂

[@johnnygoodfellow9153]

loser

[@amirmahmood6594]

Jester Hyhuahua lame suggestion

[@ultimacrafter1733]

you NEVEREST , dont you?

[@borgerno277]

sound more like "never rest"

[@erichalim]

K2 sounds like mother nature while Everest now sounds like tourists spot

[@Mirsab]

I hope k2 stays like this, raw and beautiful

[@n1303144]

What kind of tourist spot that every one in 20 die lol.

[@Neil197]

@@n1303144 Around 2% climbers die on Everest.

[@jbone9900]

@brownwings00 bro k2 has 29 percent vs Everest 3 percent

[@jbone9900]

@@Neil197 k2 has 29 percent vs Everest 3 percent

[@neptanks]

Damn! this video describes everest if its like walking on a garden🤣🤣

[@timetracker8503]

Yeah.... point to be notice....

[@burhan1527]

Comparing to k2, yes it is.

[@boxingexpert9065]

@Ab hy Only like a 100 meters taller than k2

[@bilalbasit]

Compared to K2...yeah

[@mummyreturns6188]

@@boxingexpert9065 true we should consider them of same height its just a man with 5_8 height and 6ft

[@schlurfen]

I get tired climbing 3 flights of stairs

[@iammeliaskhan]

Memenicorn 3 steps of a stair >> k2

[@utshavchaudhary5060]

Memenicorn true! I once climbed 2 and dint feel safe. Decided to head back

[@ClickClack_Bam]

I got tired climbing off my fat ass ex girlfriend.

[@hassanbinlaid4372]

Breakneck and then she dumped you

[@razajaved9065]

+Breakneck lol

[@michaelm254]

One of my oldest and dearest friends died in January of 2015 Robert W. Craig. He was part of the 1953 K2 Expedition. If you know mountains you know Bob.

[@jvs6553]

Michael M 🙏

[@hamza-oh4gf]

That's one beard

[@G00NIE]

What about Bob?

[@Stale_Buns]

Awesome beard man

[@memedojo2871]

So gandalf was friends with mountain climbers

[@TheSarokar]

I am here after 10 Nepalese Sherpas climbed K2 in winter. I guess this record will never be broken. This mountain is beast !

[@silentnomad84]

that was not actually winter

[@bossisalwaysright5654]

It was not in the winter

[@joshualogan6655]

@Mitsi Grabblerberg Well not for Sherpas ;)

[@joshualogan6655]

@Mitsi Grabblerberg That's straight up lie, but I won't go into it.

[@Ryosuke19]

@@bossisalwaysright5654 They made the climb in january 2021, is that not in the winter?

[@salman-804]

Even reaching K2's base camp is a big challenge because of it's remote location. You need to walk 90Km On feet from last town of Ashkole that can take up to 10 days.

[@unseennature765]

120 km 80 miles normally takes 7 days to get to the base camp.... on the way to base camp ⛺️ while you walking k2 tells you im really tough

[@okay2439]

What about climbing up in the Soviet Union social class?

[@FrenchSaladMac]

Abrahim Stalin hey your a funny guy

[@JameBlack]

it's impossible

[@jonasbayou8803]

Bravo...hats off to you good sir!!!

[@herbert9241]

What about climbing out of the 1980s?

[@JameBlack]

ok, What about climbing up in the modern kleptocratic Russia social class?

[@123786123786123]

Once in my life I have smoked K2 cigarette. That's the nearest I have ever went to K2.

[@exotic_usamaj]

Good One😂😂😂

[@usafi585]

😂😂😂😂 dead

[@kaniizfatima5016]

k2 ka pakistan😝😝

[@maqeelqureshi]

😆😆😆

[@speedscorpio]

Chances of death by smoking k2 cigarettes higher than k2 summit attempt hehe

[@btwk1157]

K2 is harder to climb because there are no Sherpas in Pakistan. #Respectthesherpas

[@Dressagevids]

HAP's

[@parishsirius]

Yup.

[@morenocorvini]

Well, there are Hunza, it is the same.

[@hassanbinlaid4372]

btwk 115 WTF are you even talking about. You have no clue, please stop making words with your mouth

[@aeybinoor1658]

btwk 115 Honey Pakistan have shimshalis. Every region have own legends .and karakoram ranges have shimshal valley people who are the best and a lady who climbed mount everest is from shimshal.

[@MrDaniyalAh]

As a Pakistani, I've seen K2 from a distance. It's steep as a cone. One of my classmates climbed it with a few others, got stuck on the way back. Had to be rescued by the Pakistani army

[@canneddinners6059]

How much did the rescue operation cost him?

[@MrDaniyalAh]

@@canneddinners6059 I don't think it cost anything

[@canneddinners6059]

@@MrDaniyalAh insurance covered it?

[@mrchips7024]

Chal shukar kr zinda nichay a gaya.

[@omerhayder3956]

@@canneddinners6059 rescue operations are free

[@rickslade340]

If you watch any interview or read any books written by professional mountaineers who have made the summit of both K2 and Everest they will tell you from first-hand experience that K2 takes way more skill and is way more dangerous than Everest. This debate has been settled by the professionals who climb mountains for a living. Any loser with a big checkbook can get to the top of Everest considering the Sherpas do 90% of the work for you while K2 on the other hand takes a true professional to reach the summit and even if you're a pro there's a good chance you could get killed on K2 unlike Everest.

[@herbert9241]

What debate? We know this from Vanessa's first-hand testimony in the video.

[@kristineogabar3275]

Bingo!!! We have a winner 😂😂😂

[@non.8994]

If you are a professional mountaineer you climb WITHOUT a guide, a porter, or auxiliary oxygen. I know few who did this , they established records. This doesn't mean that the rest are no good, just not the best.

[@non.8994]

@Bruce B......NO she's NOT. The man (in a very bad condition at 7200 M) left to die was TOMASZ MACKIEWICZ, his partner was Elisabeth Revol . She left called for help and in the end the help team decided was to late. Vanessa O’Brien protested in a tweet that was not done enough for Mackewicz, she donated $3000 for the rescue. Is well known and an un written rule, in DEATH ZONE you cannot help anybody that does not walk. See 2008 tragedy on K2 or 1996 Everest / Rob Hall. You end up dead yourself

[@JeffRagusa]

Rick Slade You've clearly never climbed anything beyond two flights of stairs

[@bricks4reivew]

Why am i watching this video, when i cant get my ass off the sofa

[@khan_msj5680]

BrickWorkz 😂lol

[@khurramkhokhar8869]

Lmao

[@jehangirhasan4382]

most of us feel the same😅😅

[@peyamemashriq6211]

😂

[@zealman79]

I tried climbing out of the friend zone once...

[@TheChugg11]

You need to be careful in the friend zone: oxygen levels are much lower which can make you think irrationally!

[@Ben-yj8ye]

Ah the friend zone, an area where rational behaviour is irrelevant

[@woodchuckcider1]

Did you see Green Boots along the way?

[@TheChugg11]

woodchuckcider1 He was hoping to knock boots once he’d escaped the friend zone...

[@saisaqib]

Hahahahahah

[@abubakarbakar5521]

6 climbers died in this months February 2021 while climbing k2 in winter, while I am writing this comment 3 climbers are missing from the last 6 days on k2, death zone called bottle neck...pray for them ...

[@Mirsab]

The 3 have been declared dead, a few days ago.

[@NoxiousNoodles]

5 died. Mingote and Skatov died in falls, whereas Ali Sadpara, Jon Snorri and JP Mohr disappeared. I believe you may have come to 6 due to Alex Goldfarb, who died on Broad Peak. May they all rest in peace.

[@nasrbhatti]

Had an honor to meet Venessa,a great humble lady. Proud of her. An role model for the climbers.

[@jjhrkel]

I congratulate you for discovering a loo.

[@WaddiaS]

@@jjhrkel You mean Vanessa is bad?

[@BigMoney398]

@@WaddiaS he is saying that south asians dont have toilets.

[@MuhammadSalman-yu6tr]

It's not challenging to get Pakistan visa .. Now e-visa also available..

[@hawk3393]

ok

[@Andreas4696]

Probably more difficult than Nepal, but I don't know that for a fact.

[@SaadKhan-ht1uy]

@@Andreas4696 before getting a Pakistani visa was hard but now it's easy to get in-country because of Imran khan.

[@NasirKhan-ix1he]

I don't think visa is the major problem preventing K2 climbs. It's the death track record of K2 that prevents attempts. I guess only technically very good and experienced climbers would attempt K2 and annapurna the two most dangerous mountains.

[@axle4662]

What if I am an American citizen with Indian ancestry and name

[@fkarim88888]

The toughest mountain than K2 is Naga-Parbath, which also called killer mountain, located in Pakistan.

[@sendhatecommentsonmylastvi3309]

Its nanga parbat how do you mess up this bad

[@ahmadaltahan1133]

Lol

[@greenhat7618]

Not really, Annapurna is more dangerous

[@osjonyt1931]

Annapurna>k2>nanga parbat

[@djm9524]

Kanchenjunga is up there too, the worlds 3rd highest mountain.

[@alecnt3656]

People don't climb Everest because it is the highest point on earth, not because it's the hardest. Both climbs are physically and mentally painful. So have respect for people who reach the summit of either mountains.

[@YgsExperttv]

Scarce is Gay k2 is actually more difficult but yeah i respect everyone love from pakistan And one more thing,iam keemstar fan 😂😂😂

[@non.8994]

the ones paying $100000 and using auxiliary oxygen, sherpa and guides they DO Is not easy but is easier than without sherpa, guides and auxiliary oxygen , this are the professional mountaineers and are doing it out of passion

[@asiangeeksgaming6274]

Scarce is Gay The only sensible and smart comment in this whole comment section People are acting like climbing everest is a piece of cake

[@jacobkebede6760]

why are you making it sound like they are entitled to our respect. This means literally nothing to me. I do not even consider this a sport. Like would you respect someone because they walked from east coast to west coast of the United States ? No. This person just wasted their time. This is all a waste of time imo.

[@Koroar]

Most of the people climbing Everest have no business even being there. They're just millionaires hoping to get a selfie on the summit and have no problem paying guides and sherpas to (almost literally) drag them there. There's a reason the summit ridge is like a traffic jam whenever there's a weather window, not to mention all the stupid avoidable deaths up there over the last decade. Anyone who joins an expedition and climbs Everest on their own merit has my utmost respect.

[@gowman813]

Had a good buddy die on K2. RIP Jeff (Lakes). Your are missed, but you are mist in the air we breath.

[@mrx-yj5wi]

Gary Low .... He died in a friendly country, we weep for your friend, and know this, he is our son too now. Jeff Lakes (Pakistani)

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

Damn thats tough loss sorry to hear

[@scrollingdownonlytofindcom2663]

If Jeff's passion was mountain-climbing, it's good that at least he died doing something he was passionate about. Hopefully he's doing better now.

[@fessellsahmed2587]

It tears me apart as he died in such in way. K2 belongs to the world not just my country Pakistan

[@ozone7806]

Apparently everyone is a mountaineer in the comments

[@boratb258]

Climbing into bed while wasted and the room is spinning makes me a expert.

[@xiangfan3169]

k2 is near my hometown, in the local language we call it " 穆士塔格峰”。

[@youssefarafa2812]

Had to pull a google translate

[@aghamuzammil6655]

@@youssefarafa2812 so what did it mean ?

[@youssefarafa2812]

@@aghamuzammil6655 Muztag Peak

[@peruskomarinko]

Dapsang

[@baltistan.thevalleyofmight4533]

Are you Tibbati ?

[@charliec8679]

K2 is everests daddy

[@YgsExperttv]

charlie c which means ah ah ahm

[@aryantiwari9551]

Whoes the mom lol

[@prabeshmusicrocks3693]

Everest is bigger than k2

[@sidharthes]

+Big Sam : No Solo summits, No winter summits. And you say Everest is harder?

[@Maplelust]

actually Everest is officially classified as k2's parent mountain. so.. you're literally wrong.

[@AbdouFireMan]

K2 is a monster!! It's the Nazaré of mountaineers. It's really crazy and mesmeric when you think what our bodies are capable of doing climbing these mountains. Absolutely amazing and motivating!

[@qadirkhan5120]

Most Welcome to all the climber and hiker throughout the world to our Country Pakistan. I hope when u will come here not only u will enjoy this adventurous mountain but u will be glad to find that how hospitable the people of Pakistan.

[@bigm2734]

Chutiya

[@gunner4ever924]

Pakistan is indeed a very hospitable country. They provided such a nice, comfy hospitality to Osama Bin Laden for 10 years.

[@BillSikes.]

I love Balti Curry with Naam bread 😋

[@orbitalpl1]

Pakistan you s such a hospitable country that if a woman wouldn’t wear a burka she would be raped or stoned to death.

[@gunner4ever924]

@@FreePallestine Where was Osama killed you fckin moron

[@xERIKYx]

She sounds like she’s starting to cry every second now

[@ericcartman1929]

She is having Vietnam flashbacks

[@Mirsab]

@@ericcartman1929 more like K2 flashbacks.

[@TrangNguyen-my2xs]

@@ericcartman1929 sorry but I just don't get the joke. Explanation pls?

[@nicholaslubatinsky100]

That's because she's having K2 flashbacks and thinking about all the people she knew who lost their lives there...

[@zaeemjaved6850]

This year during K2 climb, Muhammad Ali Sadpara is missing with his team including jon snorri & pablo. They were so close to summit. We don't know they're alive yet or no. 😢

[@wajahatawan7870]

Oh man so sad 😭

[@ChristianJiang]

I’m going to summit Everest next year, wish me luck!

[@JoelCraike]

Good luck

[@purnitagurung9496]

Go K2 instead of Everest

[@djm9524]

Good luck next year, or whenever this covid 19 thing is over.

[@UsamaKhan-cj7kg]

If you are mountaineer or challenge seeker , change your mind , and go for K2

[@mehboob9101]

Did you climb it ? if not its time...

[@1988mjablonski]

Don't forget that k2 was never climbed during winter ... yet ;)

[@centauria9122]

Someone needs to challenge that.

[@ludmilamaiolini6811]

Wait, so the pictures in the video were taken during summer? 😳

[@centauria9122]

@@ludmilamaiolini6811 Yeah, Mountains like K2 and Everest are climbed mainly during Spring/Summer time where weather and temperatures are promising.

[@hamdanahmet]

@@ludmilamaiolini6811 Yes! Those areas are always cold and covered with snow even in summer

[@djm9524]

Yep, the last frontier - climb K2 in winter. Climbing it in summer is close to a death wish. This mountain is genuinely scary.

[@docilerebel695]

this woman is a beast. so cool and calm in her voice and demeanor, you know never guess she can outclimb all of us

[@AB-df9xf]

My journey to Base Camp was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Thanks for sharing.

[@butterfliesONrainbows]

Congratulations👏🏼.. What is your opinion on Mt Kinabalu?

[@malixrandoms]

Now its not so challenging to get the visa of Pakistan Thanks to New government

[@YarMohsin]

This government made visa process so easy like never before.

[@CuriousMindYoutube]

True

[@CuriousMindYoutube]

You got a nice government now

[@rajab4187]

Yea E visa for many countries and even on arrival visa for couple of them too

[@usamaabbas8612]

Yes I think now it’s so much easy for a tourist to get a 🇵🇰 visa

[@andro7862]

Nah K2 climbers ain't got shit on me when I'm running late for school. (it's on a hill)

[@richardlewis4743]

thank you for ur service

[@waheedhussayn]

Lol

[@vinjane3526]

Wow great short video and details were amazing!! Thank you And congratulations on being alive to that woman!

[@toxicvoid0663]

And nimsdai does it in the winter. damn the absolute beast

[@shughy1]

I get dizzy just from standing up too fast 😂

[@Crakkd]

Guess that was before you had to queue for three hours in the death zone.

[@ToreDL87]

Yeah even for the best that dies the death zone queue is the deciding factor.

[@paazbra]

What a good video! Concise, precise!

[@DyingToLive310]

K2 is more technical, it's more challenging as far as actual mountain climbing goes. While Everest is more commercial and much more easily laid out trails Everest is so dangerous because the height. You are not supposed to be up there. The second you enter the death zone your biological clock starts ticking. You have a limited amount of time before cerebral edema takes hold and you die. Everest has no rescue or helicopter options. It's an alien world up there. It's so large it takes 2 months to climb. You get nice teahouses on the way up but once you get near the summit it's a warzone. From camp 4 you leave at midnight where it's freezing cold but the closer you get the summit it gets colder. It's a 19 hour walk from camp 4 to the summit and back, no rest. No stopping. On the perfect day anyone can climb Everest. But at that altitude your skill, your strength and your climbing knowledge won't matter if altitude sickness kicks in, you're left up there if you can't walk. K2 can kill you from rock slides, avalanches, falling and so on. Everest just sucks your energy, your mental ability to think, your ability to move and breath. And you just fall over and die. You can't compare them on danger cause they're polar opposites.

[@abmo32]

not really total opposites cause K2 has all the dangers of Everst as well...

[@JustinBaker2567]

Everest is less than 1,000 feet taller than K2, what difference would that make as far as the elevation affecting you?

[@countertop5952]

on everest 1% or 1/100 climbers die on K2 25/100 or 25% of climbers die i think that speaks ALOT for itself everest is dangerous, hard and exhausting... k2 is nearly suicide

[@abdullahimran3720]

literally only a 200 metre difference, so it makes no difference. The death zone is just dependant on the altitude, its not a name only for Everest. its just named the death zone because past that point, no human can survive for over a few hours.

[@rayres1074]

@@abdullahimran3720 Are you honestly saying that climbing 200 meters on the Death Zone makes no difference?

[@NathansVideos46]

Ah yes. With all of my mountain climbing history, it makes sense to see this in my recommended.

[@onyx_kb]

Fun fact: K2 in winter is is taller than everest because the snow is filling the top in in summer it is shorter due to the heat melts the snow cap.

[@skr-nice]

Thank you for informative comparison between the two giants. Reaching the base camp of K2 itself is a great expedition. Its far away from the nearest town/village.

[@Jamie2oo8Else]

I climbed them both via multiple hours of youtube videos on both mountains, I never physically done it, but I can mentally say I have summited both mountains. Keyboard warrior too keyboard peak master.

[@FuriousBuddha]

Namaste from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@iammeliaskhan]

Bp Rijal Hello from Bangladesh

[@ShivanshNautiyal-hk8uo]

Bp Rijal hello from india

[@MT-wp9su]

love nepal from pakistan

[@zareensiddiqui9335]

From Pakistan

[@2000ViperGTSsubscribe]

Hi from US just got back from Thailand climbing near Laos

[@shanmumtaz5884]

In the near future, the tourists will be ordering pizzas from nearby Domino's while on the top of Everest.

[@sushimamba4281]

I heard they will be installing McDonalds outlet at Camp 4 and a chair lift to the summit.

[@will9444555]

K2 and Annapurna are so fascinating to me. Once you look into the death statistics, Everest seems like a playground by comparison

[@jugsma6676]

And Dhaulagiri is almost impossible

[@lnr12241]

That was very informative. Great video. Thank you

[@mariumrajah]

K2 the mountaineers mountain The savage mountain The killer mountain,,, My favorite is Mountain of all mountains K2 wow !!!! What a mountain

[@AlphaWitcher]

but less popular

[@aaleenzahra5781]

@@AlphaWitcher more popular in climbers, why r u so jealous huh

[@mariumrajah]

@Hanzala Munir 😁😂🤣😄😅😆😉

[@lifeisascam]

@@AlphaWitcher popular things are never worth it anyway

[@aursunao7431]

Pray for Ali Sadpara and his team

[@hitaassociates7879]

And attempting K2 in winter is my dream and im preparing Myself for the expedition....

[@UsamaKhan-cj7kg]

You will be world first person, Even thinking about it , shows your spirit.. thumbs up

[@joshualogan6655]

@@UsamaKhan-cj7kg Not anymore

[@scottdunlap8668]

I don’t think I’ve ever watched a more informative couple minutes of an interesting topic being discussed than this video. I feel like an expert on the two mountains.

[@RizwanKhan-fr8rb]

As a Pakistani Listening This & Reading Comments Make Me Tears Of Joy

[@tauqeeraly3799]

K2 is in my province, feeling proud😍😍😍

[@muhammadshahid2990]

@manjeet singh your grammer gives me anxiety.

[@woofwoofgam3rsucks375]

HearthCricket Bruh, I see Indians celebrating because they claim they invented zero.

[@woofwoofgam3rsucks375]

manjeet singh Your English and your arrogance in your past comments clearly tells why.

[@muhammadshahid2990]

@manjeet singh check again.

[@paksktvlogs2155]

Great information Ma'am with hands on experience. Thanks

[@herihanglimbu1285]

I think Everest being the tallest mountain is the fact that people try to climb and summit every year, not only because it's less dangerous

[@saifbaloch8895]

No it is the tallest but not as much as thrilling k2 is k2 is a very steep mountain and on everest there are so many companies who can take you to the top with choppers and photographers and sherpas takes your most of the things you are just taking steps other things are done by your sherpas but in k2 there is not a such scene

[@punjabisoorme3289]

Bro everest has been travelled by so many people... they made pathways.... imagine climbing everest for the first time without any resources... yeah bet it was much different

[@bittertruth7630]

Bro sherpas makes it so easy They cut the ice and make the way easy If some sherpas send to k2 for some years they also make k2 easier

[@manal_here]

My father got Pakistani visa last year just to see k2 ... because k2 is very very beautiful but he doesn't wanted to climb it coz he don't wanna die ... God blesses K2 with its dangerous weather.

[@iidentifyasAmerican]

Read a non-fiction book about someone's climb on K2, when I was a kid about 30 years ago, and it was wicked.

[@srgk4430]

Is it any good? Can you give a link (or a name)?

[@shamayalramay5657]

K2- is the Queen of all mountains. Majestic, savage and daunting. Only best of best climbers dream to scale K2. Pakistan blessed to have such a beautiful landscape.

[@nitinkapoor1369]

Would like to break it up for you it is in India and it falls into the part where India and China fight

[@sufi-sm3479]

Jhon snori , pablo and ali sadpara , these climbers are missing from 5th feb 2021 while K2 summit expedition in winter. Pray for their safe return .

[@khobaibv]

Absolutely correct, since I have been to both base camps so I can endorse it and appreciate #VanessaOBrien views. The words second highest peak #K2 in #Pakistan is much harder to summit and even up to base camp. #Karakuram #Himalaya

[@LunaLoveBad6969]

What a badass woman. So inspiring to see what us humans can accomplish once we set our minds to something and push past our limits. Mother Nature isn’t something to go up against or conquer but admire and respect✨

[@vspa]

very well & objectively presented !

[@altamashwaqar]

Recently three mountaineer’s Ali , Pablo and John tried to climb K2 and they are missing since FEB 5th please keep them in your prayers there have been multiple rescue attempts but they had to stop due to inclement weather. K2 is no joke

[@polaadillaaa3219]

Shout out to you mam from Islamabad , thanks for your review and insights

[@exotic_usamaj]

Everest Is Like Walking On A Ground Compared To K2

[@exotic_usamaj]

@Biplov Bhattarai Lol Lets Talk About The Fatality Rate And The Facilities ....! Everest Has Camps Everywhere For Help While K2 Has Almost None . U Have No Help . U Have To Go Alone😈

[@srijansubedi8722]

Mate if it wasnt for sherpas in Nepal I can guarantee you that the fatality rate for Everest would skyrocket and surpass K2 by a lot. Sherpas literally lay the ladders, ropes, carry oxygen tanks to camp 2, 3 so that even ameture climbers could summit Everest. They also have been doing this for generations so they know the geographic thoroughly and are adapted to survive in low oxygen conditon. Id say that less than 5% of the people to summit Everest would be capable to do it without help of sherpas other than that everyone would def perish.

[@NathanElcoate]

Oh you've done it have you?

[@niktravels7633]

that doesnt mean everest is easy you keyboard mountaineer. Everest is almost 300m taller which at that altitude is extremely hard. But im sure youve climbed both and know from experience LOL

[@niktravels7633]

@@NathanElcoate im starting to hate these comment sections... Nothing but keyboard mountaineers. Id love to see these idiots climb an actual mountain.

[@silisuli8521]

Thank you Vanessa O'Brien. You are an amazing female climber. I hope one day I can visit Baltoro Glacier and K2 Base Camp

[@pradipartyst5809]

Ofcourse everest will be easier after they have built a highway with 1000s climbing every year.

[@UsamaKhan-cj7kg]

You mean shape of mountain doesn't matter ? Even reaching at base camp of k2 is an adventure by itself

[@AlphaWitcher]

There is no any highway. First you have to fly to lukla airport from kathmandu and trek 10 days on extreme situations to reach basecamp.

[@dranshumanvarshney]

what highway?jfyi ...only 7500 have climbed everest till date

[@winstonpoplin]

@@dranshumanvarshney 7500 have SUMMITED Everest. Many many more have made it significant distance up the mountain.

[@craigevans5842]

@@winstonpoplin around half the people attempting to summit fail.

[@kurttuchscherer7706]

I would like to hear more about Annapurna in these comparisons. I am not a climber, but I am intrigued by the challenges of it. From what I understand, while not as high as Everest and K2, it is the most dangerous and deadly peak to climb.

[@wassupjg]

i wish k2 was the highest mountain, deserves much more respect

[@WaddiaS]

how does being tall make a mountain respectable? O.o

[@KingClaw]

If k2 was the highest , then more stupids would have tried and died so

[@herbert9241]

@@WaddiaS - This is the way children are taught today - they're spoon-fed a political agenda in the format of a three-piece jigsaw puzzle (metaphorically) and given a pat on the back when they 'crack the code' (parrot the agenda). Wassupjg is parroting the most monotonous consensus visible on this comment page in hope of 'pat-on-the-back' acceptance. The ridiculous idea that man's whim has any bearing on the natural world. Appreciate the natural world / -or not- - it will absorb every part of your mortal remains sooner or later.

[@zacharytalbot-mason8829]

tbf I've tried K2 spice and i can tell you its a very dangerous high.

[@igaololo6267]

Hahahahah

[@meerawks4244]

lmao

[@haroonshah6677]

No doubt Everest is highest but K2 looks most difficult climb and also Nanga parbat !

[@djm9524]

Haroon Shah K2 mountain is the "savage mountain", and nanga parbat is the "killer mountain". you are dead right.

[@eyan1114]

Doesn't matter for Sherpas of Nepal 10 Sherpas of Nepal has completed the submit of Mt K2 in Winter Season 🔥( first attempt, first people n only people )

[@top10slist94]

Mount annapurna is the deadliest Mountain to climb than k2.

[@NasirKhan-ix1he]

K2 and Annapurna are most dangerous mountains to climb.

[@ultimatestoryteller]

Well she says Everest is easy. I suppose her easy and my easy are much different.

[@fermainjackson2899]

Congratulations Vanessa O'Brien.... Keep conquering mountains!!

[@albertlopez8016]

I climbed Everest when i was 21 i was amazed how many death bodies i saw.

[@aashisgurung7393]

Advice: Don't forget to have a beer and popcorn guys while scrolling down to comment section🤣🤣🤣🤣. #IndVsPak everywhere from the cricket to youtube.

[@pollypockets508]

Congratulations on such amazing accomplishments! Wow!

[@baltistan.thevalleyofmight4533]

K2 is situated in my city Skardu Baltistan, Pakistan 🇵🇰 . Proud to be a pakistani . Love pakistan.

[@mubashirkhan7222]

love you too meri jan Love from Astore Valley GB Pakistan

[@abdullahnaveed557]

Love u guyz from punjab, sialkot

[@mummyreturns6188]

love u from pindi.....

[@ifrazali3052]

Love you from shikarpur Sindh

[@musicgardi1991]

Nevrmind the climb, K2 even looks creepier than Everest! 🥶😱

[@patrickromero6136]

You are right mom...went there k2 before..succeed to reach the summit but very difficult to went down.

[@asbinojha]

Proud of Nims dai and our brothers who summited K2 in Winter. Extraordinary!

[@centauria9122]

Mt. Everest: Highway Traffic Jam in the Death Zone for hours + much easier climb. K2: Much harder climb, fewer people made it to its summit. And there's the other summits that only a few expeditions have been done, however, there are summits within a continent or 2 (Island or mainland) that are so remote from any settlement, and climbing those with supplies would be something to do as though it's not as popular as Everest is.

[@ravigautam7099]

The amount of research went into making this video is amazing. How could you avoid the fact that there are sherpas putting their lives on the line and only a handful of people would be able to climb Everest without them. Of course, it seems easier because Sherpas have so much of knowledge accumulated till now and because you are just following the herd in climbing seasons. (Nepal government's policies on increasing tourism revenue has led to so many novice climbers getting permissions which is also a prime cause for deaths of climbers every year). I think this video misses a lot of impoprtant aspects.

[@washedupwarvet2027]

The video wasn’t about that, it was literally about what one is harder. Why is it every video half the people have to scream about the Sherpas. It’s like crying about taxi drivers because you got to the airport. No real mountaineer’s disrespect sherpas

[@ravigautam7099]

@@washedupwarvet2027 at the end of the video she presents a number to say how many people reach the summit of these two mountains. I am not saying that K2 is anywhere near easier to climb at all. I am just saying that if it weren't for Sherpas, a lot of those summits to Everest wouldn't have counted at all. No one is screaming Sherpas around here but they do deserve credit where it's due since they don't get much in their own country and I am from that country.

[@bobmorgan1762]

Beyond impressed with her climbing successes.

[@vineetnagavi3689]

Also temperature on K2 summit is minimum -30°C on any day at any time , sometimes reaching -70°C. Everest despite being highest mountain is just a little warmer than K2.

[@m.raheej1699]

I'm from Pakistan and want to see K2 for atleast once in my life.. :-(

[@krystiangolus2841]

99% of the comments dO nOt BeLiVe ThEsE iNdIaNs K2 Is In PaKiStAn NoT iN iNdIa 1% others day 3 of scrolling, still havent found any indian comments

[@yugjohri305]

Krystian Golus Yea XD

[@sanatkhandekar3623]

ikr HAHA

[@sanatkhandekar3623]

ikr HAHA

[@josuepalomares6820]

Lmfao yah

[@rajababy2009]

read the earliest comment dude and you will found many

[@creaturelost4354]

This woman is amazing. I applaud 👏 with a standing ovation.

[@douglasguan5254]

Both names of the two highest mountains are great.

[@amirmahmood6594]

True ... I am from Pakistan .. & I have the same review about these 2 mountains which this lady just told .. main thing is the climate , it's far more unpredictable on K2 as compared to Everest.☠. Totally Agree with this lady 👍

[@a-10e]

Amir Mahmood pakistan is a lie Its a muslim occupied area of india

[@amirmahmood6594]

Partho Sarothi Paul don't be harsh mate .. at least we have our own area ... Not like you guys who don't even have toilets ☠ I know it burns mate

[@flaya11]

it doesn't matter, south asia is all pretty underdeveloped

[@adrianatgaming8640]

Wrong. The United Nations defined that in a (1947?) treaty that the area around K2 is Pakistani.

[@adrianatgaming8640]

What about Shanghai or Tokyo? You guys fail when it comes to asia as a whole.

[@hali084]

If any country is primed to reach the summit of K2 in the winter, it's Poland. Of the 13 mountains over 8,000 meters that have been climbed in the winter, nine were reached by Polish teams and one was reached by a team of Poles and Italians.

[@borhanuddin4289]

now nepalese did it first.

[@opheliaelesse]

thank you. lately i heard about project possible with their lead nims purja. what do you think anout this? i have no words. 💐

[@hagarthehorrible1391]

I had read an article about K2 in Readers Digest a long long time ago. Still etched in my memories the difficulty that was described in it.

[@HelloMyNamesNino]

If K2 is in India why did I not see any call centres or 7 Elevens?

[@williamhallthorsson5774]

Because its in Pakistan

[@chiraggupta1186]

It's in POK it's disupted area

[@grandpamemes2072]

Because it’s not in India

[@fatimagulfatimagul8579]

@@chiraggupta1186 its in gilgit baltistan....moron...not Kashmir

[@CuriousMindYoutube]

@@chiraggupta1186 Nup See a map. It is not in POK

[@jameshager202]

Everyone knows K2 is in the USA...its located snack dab in the middle of West Virginia

[@baltistan.thevalleyofmight4533]

K2 is situated in my city Skardu Baltistan Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@jameshager202]

Yea I know where its at....just seen everyone else putting wrong answers so I decided to play along.

[@wayno23]

Such a lovely well spoken mature woman 👌 im sure you've worked very hard for all the success you have achieved.

[@peyamemashriq6211]

Fell proud really sooo much..2nd highst summit in my country

[@jeffk3037]

When i was in Pakistan last summer, i went for a brisk walk and before i realized i had summited K2, lovely country.

[@oldershikari828]

What about climbing out of the UK before Brexit?

[@jamlym4974]

This just makes me want to try it.

[@michaela2776]

That’s a good insight. How does K2 compare to Annapurna?