Abruzzi Spur

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K2 route climbing route mountaineering route

Abruzzi Spur is the most commonly used and historically significant climbing route on K2, ascending its southeast ridge through steep rock and ice.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Abruzzi Ridge 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf K2 route ⓘ
climbing route ⓘ
mountaineering route ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abruzzi Spur ⓘ
surface form: Abruzzi Ridge
difficultyGradingContext high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ
firstAttemptedBy Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ⓘ
firstAttemptYear 1909 ⓘ
hasClimbingStyle fixed ropes ⓘ
multi-camp siege tactics ⓘ
hasKeySection Black Pyramid ⓘ
Bottleneck ⓘ
House Chimney ⓘ
Shoulder ⓘ
summit ridge ⓘ
hasRiskFactor avalanches ⓘ
extreme altitude ⓘ
rockfall ⓘ
serac fall near the Bottleneck ⓘ
severe weather ⓘ
hasTerrainType ice ⓘ
mixed terrain ⓘ
steep rock ⓘ
isApproachedFrom Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
isApproachedVia Concordia ⓘ
isComparedWith Cesen Route ⓘ
North Ridge of K2 ⓘ
isHistoricallySignificantFor early exploration of K2 ⓘ
isMostPopularRouteOn K2 ⓘ
isPrimaryRouteFor most K2 summits ⓘ
isStandardRouteOn K2 ⓘ
liesInCountry Pakistan ⓘ
liesInRegion Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
locatedIn Karakoram ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOn K2 ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf southeast ridge of K2 ⓘ
namedAfter Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ⓘ
surface form: Duke of the Abruzzi

Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ⓘ
startsOnSide southeast face of K2 ⓘ
summitAltitude_m 8611 ⓘ
typicalBaseCampAltitude_m 5000 ⓘ
typicalCamp1Altitude_m 6000 ⓘ
typicalCamp2Altitude_m 6700 ⓘ
typicalCamp3Altitude_m 7300 ⓘ
typicalCamp4Altitude_m 7900 ⓘ
usedFor expedition-style ascents ⓘ
oxygen-assisted ascents ⓘ
oxygen-free ascents ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abruzzi Spur → alsoKnownAs → Abruzzi Spur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abruzzi Ridge
Cesen Route → comparedWith → Abruzzi Spur ⓘ
K2 → standardRoute → Abruzzi Spur ⓘ