Mt. Everest is not the hardest mountain to climb — here’s what makes K2 so much worse

Vanessa O’Brien, the fastest woman to climb the highest peak on every continent and the first American and British woman to climb the second-highest mountain in the world, explains why K2 is a more difficult climb than Mt. Everest. Following is a transcript of the video.

So when comparing Everest versus K2, they are very, very different.

First, you have two different countries. You have Nepal versus Pakistan so I’d say technically it’s more challenging to get to Pakistan to get the visas, the logistics.

You’ve got different tracks in, so the track into Pakistan to get to K2 base camp read more >>>