Incredibly uncovered, demanding, and dangerous. In July 1986, Jerzy Kukuczka and Tadeusz Piotrowski summited on this route. Piotrowski was killed although descending over the Abruzzi Spur. The route starts off the primary Element of the Southwest Pillar after which deviates into a completely uncovered, snow-included cliff region, then by way of a g

Extended and marked with the presence of multiple ice cornices, this ridge finishes over the uppermost part of Abruzzi route.The Italian climber Fosco Maraini argued in his account from the ascent of Gasherbrum IV that although the name of K2 owes its origin to likelihood, its clipped, impersonal nature is very appropriate for this type of remote a