k2
Collocations
4ADJ.
last
VERB + K2
border, conquer, conquered, died, dies, spice, use
K2 + NOUN
monster, winter
PREP.
about, in, on
Definitions
name
A mountain on the border between Pakistan and Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams.
Here we have K², the highest mountain at present open to Europeans to attempt, only 750 feet lower than Mount Everest.²
On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fastness.
noun
Initialism of kinder two.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir
- dapsang
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6Here we have K², the highest mountain at present open to Europeans to attempt, only 750 feet lower than Mount Everest.²
WiktionaryOn the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fast
WiktionaryWhat is there on the summit of K2, that would entice a climber to risk everything?
WiktionaryNews of the missing climbers came the same day a Bulgarian alpinist, Atanas Skatov, was confirmed to have died on K2.
Tatoeba · #9737575Last month, a 10-member team of Nepali climbers made history when they became the first to conquer K2 in winter.
Tatoeba · #9737577Located in the Karakoram range along the Chinese border, K2 was the last of the world’s 14 tallest mountains higher than 8,000 meters to be climbed in winter.
Tatoeba · #9737578