‘Savage Mountain’ considered more dangerous than Everest is ‘most difficult’ to summit and no one has heard of it

There’s a reason why this little-known mountain is even deadlier than the infamous Mount Everest, and once you find out why, you’ll never want to try to scale it.

There are certain people out there who enjoy the thrill of a good climb, and they know that if they want to really test their limits and even their life, they need to go to the K2, aka ‘The Savage Mountain’.

It’s the world’s second highest mountain and earned its nickname in 1953, when American climber and physicist George Bell told reporters, ‘It’s a savage mountain that tries to kill you’ after nearly dying on it.

This mountain could be described as a perfect triangle shape which is broken down into five different routes for climbers.

Even though it’s smaller than Everest, coming in at a meagre 28,251 feet, 781 feet shorter than its massive counterpart, it’s arguably less safe.

The mountain, which is on the borders of Pakistan and China, could be the last climb many ever take.

This is because of its insane terrain, and other essential factors.

Only 700 people had reached the summit up until 2022, as per Climbing magazine, and 91 people have died, as per veteran mountaineer and climbing coach Alan Arnette.

He was the oldest US climber to reach the K2 summit in 2014.

The 'Savage Mountain' has seen less than 1000 summits in its climbing term (Getty Stock Images)

Originally surveyed by the British Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1856, the mountain ended up being called the K2 because it was the second main peak in the Karakorum.

Strangely, nobody ventured to climb the K2 until 1902, which ended up being led by Oscar Eckenstein and Aleister Crowley, the notorious cult leader.

This makes for some crazy lore.

Jake Meyer, the youngest British climber to complete the 7 Summits in 2005, has climbed Everest and K2 and told Insider why the latter peak is even more deadly.

He said: "I've now done three trips to K2 and have climbed on two routes there, and two trips to Everest and summited via two routes.

"And like any mountain, it does depend quite significantly on what routes you are on."

Unfortunately, there is no route on the smaller mountain which is easy.

"There are a number of different routes and of course are varying difficulty," he said. "But even the most simple straightforward route is incredibly steep from the second you set foot on the mountain."

You wouldn't want to climb this unprepared (Getty Stock Images)

There’s also the case that the terrain is much more difficult, which means that climbers are ‘constantly bouncing from scrambling over steep, steep rocks to clinging desperately onto steep, snow-covered slopes’ and having to wear as much safety gear as possible throughout.

There’s also the falling rocks that can make the mountain prone to avalanches.

You can also fit less climbers on the camps and trails, and there really aren’t any flat sections to keep safe on.

Not only is it harder to get a helicopter up there than Everest, but there are a lot less Sherpas on hand to help.

So, if you’re injured, it’s likely that you’re going to stay up there with climbers hiking past you to reach the summit.

Sadly, there’s also the issue of summits being completely wiped out, meaning that people can’t complete their climbs.

He said that ‘the Camp 3 got completely wiped out by an avalanche’ when he was ‘a couple of hours below it’.

So, do you want to attempt it?