> By the end of the summit window, at least 102 people had conquered K2.
Nobody "conqueres" a mountain - even if you make it to the summit and back down again. And especially is you do that using fixed ropes that you pay others to place for you.
Thinking of climbing as conquest is abject hubris.
Nobody "conqueres" a mountain - even if you make it to the summit and back down again. And especially is you do that using fixed ropes that you pay others to place for you.
Thinking of climbing as conquest is abject hubris.