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Two women scale most dangerous mountain in the world which kills a quarter of climbers

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READ MORE: Russia scraps involvement in International Space Station as Putin vows to build his own In total, 91 people have died attempting to climb the mountain which is notorious for its hostile weather.

Nicknamed 'Savage Mountain' it was once famously described by explorer George Bell as a 'mountain that tries to kill you.'Less than 400 people have ever climbed the mountain, with countless more surrendering halfway through or in some tragic cases dying in the attempt.

The most famous disaster that occurred on K2 happened back in 2008 when 11 mountaineers died in two days on the mountain - the worst single disaster in the mountain's history.

Tragically, while the climbers were ascending a treacherous area of the mountain known as the bottleneck an ice avalanche occurred and sent nine people tumbling to their deaths.

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