8000m peaks - Everest - K2 - Kangchenjunga - Lhotse - Makalu - Cho-Oyu - Dhaulagiri - Manaslu - Nanga Parbat - Annapurna - Gasherbrum I - Broad Peak - Gasherbrum II - Shishapangma

Gasherbrum II is 8035m high and also known as K4 or G2. It is the 13th highest mountain on Earth and the third highest peak of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum is Balti for “Beautiful Mountain;” rgasha beautiful brum mountain.

Gasherbrum II was first climbed on July 8, 1956 by Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart of an Austrian expedition. Most teams summit G2 via the SW ridge. The picture to the right shows Camp 3 high on the SW ridge of G2 (copyroght Sue Fear/Field Touring).

In 1975, a second successful ascent was made by a French group, 19 years after the first ascent. This expedition also saw the first death on the Gasherbrum. The same year, Wanda Rutkiewicz led the Polish Women's Gasherbrum Expedition. They reached virgin summit of Gasherbrum III (7946m) and after that 2 women (Halina Krüger-Syrokomska and Anna Okopinska) from this team reached Gasherbrum II.

In 1984, Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander traversed Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II without returning to base camp between the two 8000m mountains.

Wanda Rutkiewicz climbed Gasherbrum II on July 12, 1989 with Rhony Lampard from Great Britain.

Gasherbrum II 2006