the Savage Mountain

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The Savage Mountain is a dramatic nickname for K2, the world’s second-highest and notoriously dangerous peak in the Karakoram range.

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The Savage Mountain (book) 1
the Savage Mountain canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain nickname
alsoKnownAs K2
appliedTo a mountain in the Karakoram of the greater Himalayas
a mountain on the China–Pakistan border
associatedWith avalanche and rockfall risk on K2
extreme weather conditions on K2
high objective danger on K2
remote location of K2
connotation danger
difficulty of ascent
describes high fatality rate of K2 climbers
technical difficulty of K2 routes
evokes image of a hostile natural environment
image of a wild, untamed peak
hasNotableUsageIn books about K2
documentaries about K2
language English
nicknameFor a notoriously dangerous mountain
a peak in the Karakoram range
the world’s second-highest mountain
refersTo K2
a peak in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
a peak in Xinjiang, China
an 8,611-metre peak
the second-highest eight-thousander
usedBy climbing literature
mountaineers
usedIn context of high-altitude mountaineering

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Savage Mountain alsoKnownAs the Savage Mountain
Savage Mountain relatedWork the Savage Mountain
this entity surface form: The Savage Mountain (book)