K2: The Devil's Smoke

Few peaks on Earth evoke such fear and fascination as K2. Standing sentinel at the junction of Pakistan and China, it's a monolith that has claimed more than 90 lives . It's earned its grim alias, "The Devil's Smoke," due to the deadly conditions it presents. Climbers brave winds that can gust at speeds exceeding 80 miles per hour, temperatures tha

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