The K2 starred a South Korean singer and actress.
K2 also became popularly known as the Savage Mountain after George Bella climber on the 1953 American expeditiontold reporters, "It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you
 In the summer of 2014, a Pakistani-Italian expedition to K2, named "K2 60 Years Later", was organized to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of K2

