Bottleneck (K2)

Bottleneck (K2)

The Bottleneck is a location along the South-East Spur, known also as Abruzzi Spur - the most used route to the top of K2, a mountain in the Himalayas on the Pakistan/China border.

The Bottleneck is a narrow couloir, which is overhung by seracs from the ice field east of the summit. The couloir is located only 400m below the summit, and climbers have to traverse about 100m exposed to the seracs to pass it. Due to the height (8200m) and the steepness (80-90 degrees) this stretch is the most dangerous part of the route and has claimed over 20 fatalities [ [http://www.k2climb.net/expguide/route.htm K2climb.net, The climb from the Pakistan side] ] .

ee also

* August 2008 K2 climbing accident

References

External links

* [http://watershednews.blogspot.com/2008/08/death-zone.html Death zone] – Blog entry in Watershed News including the picture of a line of climbers in the Bottleneck. The picture was taken August 1, 2008 by Nicholas Rice.
* [http://k2.planetmountain.com/page.lasso?func=display&l=2&cl=8&lvl1=33&lvl2=86&sez=1&skip=16&recxpg=16&id_tipologia=43# Bottleneck] – The Bottleneck from below. Photo by Renato Sottsass.
* [http://classic.mountainzone.com/photo/viesturs/graphics/k2-edandscott.html Mountain Zone] – Ed Viesturs in the Bottleneck.


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