K2; known as the King of Mountains, is the second-highest mountain in the world at 8,611 meters, after Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. It is located on the China–Pakistan border in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Attempts To Climb K2 Attempts to climb K2 started in 1856 but the first serious attempt to climb K2 was undertaken in 1902. The 1954 Italian Karakoram…