In 1902, occultist Aleister Crowley and colleague Oscar Eckenstein unsuccessfully tried to climb this mountain and came down with malaria. Most ascents of this peak occur on the Abruzzi Spur, which contains the Black Pyramid and the Bottleneck. Count Ardito Desio led the first expedition to successfully ascend it, but a more famous expedition occurred in 1953, was led by Charles Houston, and saw the participants create a makeshift stretcher to aid member Art Gilkey. This peak received its name from surveyor Thomas George Montgomerie who could not find a local name for it. Known as the "Savage Mountain" for its high fatality rate, it is sometimes named after Henry Godwin-Austen. For 10 points, name this peak in the Karakorum Range, the secon
In 1902, occultist Aleister Crowley and colleague Oscar Eckenstein unsuccessfully tried to climb this mountain and came down with malaria. Most ascents of this peak occur on the Abruzzi Spur, which contains the Black Pyramid and the Bottleneck. Count Ardito Desio led the first expedition to successfully ascend it, but a more famous expedition occurred in 1953, was led by Charles Houston, and saw the participants create a makeshift stretcher to aid member Art Gilkey. This peak received its name from surveyor Thomas George Montgomerie who could not find a local name for it. Known as the "Savage Mountain" for its high fatality rate, it is sometimes named after Henry Godwin-Austen. For 10 points, name this peak in the Karakorum Range, the second-highest mountain on Earth.
In 1902, occultist Aleister Crowley and colleague Oscar Eckenstein unsuccessfully tried to climb this mountain and came down with malaria.
K2 [accept Mount Godwin-Austen until mentioned, accept Chogori or Qogir, prompt on "Savage Mountain" until mentioned]