Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.
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The 10 highest mountains in the world – and when they were first climbed
Cited as the 'Savage Mountain' and the 'Mountain of Mountains', K2 is the world’s second highest peak and one of its most dangerous. It’s also arguably the most spectacular of them all ...
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Nepal Seeks to Add Summits to the Iconic 8,000-Meter Peaks
K2 (8,611m / 28,251 feet): Known as the "Savage Mountain," K2, the world’s second-highest peak is located on the Pakistan-China border in the Karakoram range. Kangchenjunga (8,586m / 28,169 feet ...
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This is world’s second tallest building after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, it stands tall at…, located in…, not in London, Saudi Arabia, Singapore or China
However, this ranking has now changed. The Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is now the world’s second tallest building. It stands at 678.9 meters (2,227 feet) with 118 floors, which is why ...
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Denali, North America's tallest mountain, stripped of its indigenous name by President Trump
The 20,310ft / 6,190m Alaskan peak is the highest of all North America’s mountains. It has been renamed Mount McKinley - for the second time - after the 25th US President, despite being known as ...
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Sri Lankan summits tallest mountain in Antarctica
Johann Peries summits the tallest ... Mount Vinson - at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, sources said. In 2018, Johann Peries made history as the second Sri ...
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Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...