Download Which Mountain Is Harder To Climb Everest Or K2 PNG. Anyone who thinks climbing everest is harder than k2 has obviously never climbed everest and probably has little or no knowledge of climbing at all. Everest isn't the hardest mountain in the world to climb, and why so fewer who attempt k2 ever make it to the top.
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At one point at a rather high altitude, where on everest, there are two small towns within a day or two of the route, which adds peace of mind. Exposure is more usually due to narrow. Everest is the world's highest mountain. K2 and annapurna are the second and eighth highest mountains on earth, i believe k2 is so altitude certainly adds to difficulty, but when you throw in altitude plus actual technical climbing then it makes things that much harder.