The "Black Pyramid" is a major obstacle on the upper slopes of this mountain.
The "Black Pyramid" is a major obstacle on the upper slopes of this mountain. Collapsing seracs on this mountain's "Bottleneck" killed three members of a South Korean expedition that tried to reach its summit in 2008. Fredrik Ericsson died during a 2010 attempt to ski down this mountain. (*) Achille Compagnoni, who led the first successful expedition to climb this mountain, did so via the Abruzzi Spur. This mountain was once named after the ► British author of The Birds of Assam, but its usual modern designation is that used by the Great Trigonometric Survey. For 10 points, name this "Savage Mountain" in the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan, the world's second-highest.
The "Black Pyramid" is a major obstacle on the upper slopes of this mountain.
K2 (or Mount Godwin-Austen)