Savage Mountain

English

Etymology

Coined by American mountaineer George Irving Bell in 1953 as a reference to the mountain's extreme danger and difficulty; first given as "It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you."[1]

Proper noun

Savage Mountain or the Savage Mountain

  1. (poetic) K2 (the world's second-highest mountain).

References

  1. ^ Stone, Larry (6 September 2018), “Summiting 'Savage Mountain': The harrowing story of these Washington climbers' K2 ascent”, in The Seattle Times‎[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2018
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