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What Is the K2 Bottleneck? The K2 Bottleneck is a narrow, steep couloir on the South-East Spur of K2. It sits roughly 400 meters below the summit, at an altitude between 8,200 m and 8,400 m. Every climber attempting K2 via the standard Abruzzi route must
