Pakistan contains some of the most rugged mountains on Earth. In the
north, the Karakorum Range is part of the Himalayan mountain system, and
the remote region of Baltistan is home to K2, the world’s second highest
peak. Also called Mount Godwin Austen, after the Englishman who surveyed
it in the 1860s, K2 is covered with glaciers up to 64 kilometres (40 miles)
long. The mountain rises 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) and has challenged
the expertise of climbers for decades.
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