Is k2 the hardest mountain to climb reddit. I have designed a boardgame called Peaks, that is soon to be released, and in the process, needed to rank all of the mountains in the game by energy and experience required to climb. Much much harder. K2 is definitely not easy, but its hard to say what is the most difficult mountain. On K2 this is mostly limited to a small section. The energy is based purely on the trip duration and elevation gain on the most common route to the true summit from a land vehicle, but the experience required for this route is much more subjective. It is true that Sella's pic was a bit misleadint but is also true the mountain doesnt have any easy sides and its crazy steep. On Annapurna that effect is near constant from any route. So to succinctly answer your question: K2 is harder because of the remoteness, the weather, the lack of support and the steepness and objective dangers of the route. For example: on K2 a lot of people die in the bottleneck. Thats not what difficulty means. . It's a unique combination for an 8,000 meter peak, although its neighbour Gasherbrum IV is said to be harder but just misses out on 8,000 meters so is rarely climbed. Also until really recently climber's were mostly fixing the ropes for themselves on K2. For example, I think Kristin Harila was trying to set the 14 peak record last year and if I remember correctly, she said Manaslu was the hardest of the ones she summited, due to conditions While climbing Everest still requires a great deal of training and endurance, K2 seems to require much more self-reliance and mountaineering knowledge. I’ve never climbed a mountain, only a 1400 meter small one in northern Europe (where I live). Generally I What do you think the single most difficult mountain in the world, by any route, is to ascend? The factors that would contribute to difficulty include the technical grade, altitude, remoteness, climate, etc. Of the 4 hardest 8000'ers, how would you rank them by danger and difficulty? He didnt climb it though. Sure, some deadly mountains might also be the most difficult to climb but difficulty and death dont go hand in hand. Kristin Harila, the women who climbed 12/14 8kers and was on track to beat 14 8k speed climb but ran into permit issues with China, said that Manaslu was the hardest of all of them. From what I've read, it seems Baintha Brakk I and II, Latok I, Gasherbrum IV, K2, Annapurna or Jannu may be contenders? Correct, which is the one section on K2's easiest route where you have to climb under a large hanging serac for an extended period of time. So you would basically have to start your career by climbing Broad Peak, K2, etc, which is a lot harder than starting at Island Peak or some of the “smaller” Himalayan peaks. It doesnt has to do with skill, or rather lack of it, if you climb the bottleneck and get smashed by a serac fall. The ones that have, said that its the hardest one on all Karakoram with the possible exception of the Ogre. K2 is the second deadliest mountain on earth, and unlike everest has never been conquered in the winter. I’m aware that it is very risky and probably one of the hardest mountains to climb, and one might not ever return. eihiud jqmgvwg qons kdck unalgfo qpgsn hcns xwlo xugumg nhbab