Climbing K2: A Complete Guide to the Abruzzi Spur Route
The most common climbing route that climbers take to ascend K2, the second highest mountain in the world, is the Abruzzi Spur or the Southeast Ridge. The ridge and the route loom menacingly above Base Camp on the Godwin-Austen Glacier on the south side of the mountain. The Abruzzi Spur route climbs steep snow and ice slopes broken by rock ribs and a couple of cliff bands that are surmounted with technical climbing.