Alpinist Magazine Issue 37 - Winter 2011-12 Gift a figure-eight loop that's 25

a figure-eight loop that's 25 miles across if you place a ruler on the map

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Alpinist Magazine Issue 37 - Winter 2011-12 Gift a figure-eight loop that's 25Features Mountain Profile: K2, Part I (18561954) In recent years, the "Everestification" of K2 (8611m) has brought increas ing quantities of fixed rope, oxygen bottles and quasi guided expeditions to the world's second highest mountain. Yet despite the spread of com mercialism, this Karakoram giant remains among the most hazardous of the 8000 meter peaks. During the early days of K2's climbing history, its sustained steepness, objective hazards and