Thirteen of the world's 14 peaks taller than 8,000-meters have been climbed in winter. But one still remains unclimbed — the 8,611 metres (28,251 feet) K2, the world's second-tallest that straddles Pakistan and China.

Climbers say that avalanches are an ever-present risk, and in winter temperatures can fall to -50C (-58F). Winds blow up to 200km/h (124mph) that’s equal to cyclone Fani, the most severe storm that travelled more than 900 kilometres (570 miles) from the Indian state of Odisha and blew nearly two dozen tents at Everest’s Camp 2, at 6,400 metres in May last year.

It is also considered to be a technically very difficult mountain to climb and has been dubbed “killer mountain” for the sheer number of climbers that have lost their lives on the mountain.

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