Annapurna Peak:
Annapurna is the 10th highest peak in the world. It is located in Central Nepal. It is one of the 14 eight thousander found in the world. This is a very dangerous mountain and more than 63 people have died while climbing this mountain. The fatality rate is just above 33% which means one out of 3 people dies while summiting this mountain. Annapurna was the first peak scaled among 8000+ peaks. This is why climbing this mountain is a challenge as well as an attraction. The area surrounding Annapurna is a very popular destination for trekking but also became the site of Nepal’s worst trekking disaster. The avalanches killed 43 people and 500 masses were rescued. There were more than 6 feet of snow in 12 hours.
Nanga Parbat:
Nanga Parbat is more famously known as Killer Mountain. This mountain is located in Northern Pakistan. This southern side of Nanga Parbat is the tallest face of the mountain ridge on the planet. This is an 8126-meter high peak. German mountain climbers remained very interested in climbing this peak in the 1930s when this area was ruled by the British. Scaling this mountain was not that easy. Nanga Parbat took 31 lives before it was successfully scaled by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl in 1953.
K2 or Godwin Austin:
It is the second-highest mountain after Mount Everest. It is also located in Pakistan. Its height is 8126m. The peak is locally known as Chogori and very few people know that it is also known as Savage Mountain. This is a deadly peak and has some special kind of romance with females. The first woman who summited this peak was the Polish Scaler Wanda Ruthiewicz. She scaled this peak in 1986. In the coming next year, no lady was successful in summiting this Savage Peak. This includes a total of five women. Legendary Wanda Ruthiewicz also died on the nearby peak Kangchenjunga in 1992. The 31-year-old Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban finally climbed this peak in 2004 to break the long curse of 18 years. Reaching to the base camp of K2 quite a tough ask. The area is remote with broken roads and scarcity of resources. K2 is also known for avalanches and bad weather. It takes lives of almost 10% of the climbers.
Kangchenjunga:
Kanchenjunga is located near the Nepal-India border. It is over 28000 feet high peak and rapid avalanches and bad weather make this mountain one of the deadliest mountains on the planet. Raymond Benson is his 1999 novel of James Bond talks about the hero trekking at the Kangchenjunga which might look heroic in the novel but it can be deceiving in real. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. Moreover, it has more than 200 summits and the casualty rate is around 20 percent.
Mount Everest:
You must be familiar with the name of Mount Everest as it is the tallest mountain in the world. This is located in Nepal, near the Nepal-China border. Most people assume Mt. Everest as the deadliest mountain keeping in mind that it is the highest peak in the world. It might surprise you that Everest has a lower percentage of deaths if compared to other might peaks. The mountain is climbed more than 7500 times. The fatality rate is just around 1.5 percent.
