Ngaphandle kokucaphuna ngokuqondile embhalweni, nginikeze uhlu lwezingozi ezinkulu zokuzama ukukhuphuka iK2.
Context:I-K2, engamamitha angu-8,611 (28,251 ft) ngaphezu kolwandle, iyintaba yesibili ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni, ngemuva kweNtaba i-Everest (engamamitha angu-8,849 (29,032 ft)). Itholakala endaweni yaseKarakoram, ingxenye yayo iseGilgit-Baltistan esifundeni sasePakistan esilawulwa yiKashmir kanti ingxenye yayo iseTrans-Karakoram Tract esilawulwa yiChina esifakwe eTaxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County yaseXinjiang.  I-K2 yaziwa nangokuthi i-Savage Mountain ngemva kokuba uGeorge Bell - umqwali wezintaba ohambweni lwaseMelika lwango-1953 - etshele izintatheli, "Kuyintaba enonya ezama ukukubulala". Ezintabeni ezinhlanu eziphakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni, iK2 iyona ebulala kakhulu; cishe umuntu oyedwa uyafa entabeni kulabo abane abafinyelela esiqongweni. Futhi ngezinye izikhathi eyaziwa ngokuthi iMount Godwin-Austen, amanye amagama okuqanjwa ngawo i-K2 yiNkosi Yezintaba neNtaba Yezintaba, kanye neNtaba Yezintaba ngemuva kokuthi umqwali odumile wase-Italy uReinhold Messner ebize incwadi yakhe nge-K2 ngokufanayo.  Ingqungquthela yafinyelelwa okokuqala ngabagibeli base-Italy uLino Lacedelli no-Achille Compagnoni, ohambweni lwamaNtaliyane lwango-1954 oluholwa ngu-Ardito Desio. NgoJanuwari 2021, i-K2 yaba yi-eight-thousander yokugcina ukufinyelelwa esiqongweni ebusika; umsebenzi wokugibela izintaba wenziwa yiqembu labagibeli baseNepal, eliholwa nguNirmal Purja noMingma Gyalje Sherpa.  I-K2 iyona kuphela intaba ephakeme ngamamitha angaphezu kuka-8,000 (26,000+ ft) engakaze ifinyelelwe kusukela ohlangothini lwayo olusempumalanga. Ukukhuphuka kuye kwenziwa cishe njalo ngoJulayi nango-Agasti, okuyizikhathi ezifudumele kakhulu zonyaka; indawo esenyakatho ye-K2 iyenza ithambekele kakhulu esimweni sezulu esibi nesibandayo. Intaba manje seyenyulwe cishe yizo zonke izindunduma zayo. Nakuba isiqongo se-Everest siphakeme kakhulu, i-K2 inzima futhi iyingozi kakhulu, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yesimo sezulu sayo esibi. Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2021, bangu-377 kuphela abantu asebeqede ukukhuphukela esiqongweni sayo. Kuye kwafa abantu abangu-91 ngesikhathi bezama ukukhuphuka.  Kunemizila eminingana e-K2, ehluke ngandlela thile, kodwa yonke inobunzima obuthile obuyinhloko, obokuqala obuphakeme kakhulu futhi obangela ukuntuleka komoya-mpilo: kunomoya-mpilo oyingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kuphela ongatholakala kumuntu okhuphukela esiqongweni se-K2 njengoba kukhona ezingeni lolwandle. Esesibili ukuthambekela kwentaba ukuba ibe neziphepho ezinamandla ezihlala izinsuku eziningana, okuye kwaphumela ekufeni kwabaningi ababesesiqongweni. Esesithathu siwukuthi yonke imizila entabeni iminyene, ayinazindawo, futhi iyingozi, okwenza kube nzima ukuhlehla, ikakhulukazi phakathi nesiphepho. Naphezu kwemizamo eminingi, ukwenyuka kokuqala okuphumelelayo kwasebusika kwenzeka kuphela ngo-2021. Yonke imizila emikhulu yokukhuphuka isohlangothini lwasePakistan. Ikamu eliyisisekelo nalo lisohlangothini lwasePakistan.
Nakuba ingaziwa kangako njengeNtaba i-Everest, i-K2 iyintaba yesibili ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi ngokusobala iyona okuyingozi kakhulu ukuyikhwela. Ngaphezu kokuntuleka komoya-mpilo okuhlangenwe nakho ezindaweni eziphakeme kangaka, yonke imizila eya esiqongweni seK2 igxilile futhi ibonakala kakhulu. Lokhu, kuhlangene nokuthambekela kwentaba ukuba ibe neziphepho ezinamandla ezihlala izinsuku, kwenza kube nenhlanganisela ebulalayo. Indawo eyisimanga nesimo sezulu esingalindelekile asishiyi ithuba lokwenza amaphutha.