Editing Gasherbrum II (section)

=== 2010s ===
On July 22, 2011, [[Leila Esfandyari]] successfully completed the ascent to the peak but she died while descending.

On February 2, 2011, [[Cory Richards (climber)|Cory Richards]], [[Denis Urubko]], and [[Simone Moro]] made the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II. Despite being buried by a class-four [[avalanche]], they reached the summit at 11:30 am, without supplemental oxygen or [[porter (carrier)|porter]]s. Richards, who was the first American to climb an eight-thousander in winter, filmed the expedition, which he turned into the film ''Cold''.<ref name="macdonald2011"/><ref name="cahall"/>

On July 16, 2018, Felix Berg and [[Adam Bielecki (climber)|Adam Bielecki]] summited Gasherbrum II making what is arguably the first ascent of the true West Face.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2018/07/adam_bielecki_and_felix_berg_make_first_ascent_of_gasherbrum_ii_west_face-71650|title=NEWS: Adam Bielecki and Felix Berg make First Ascent of Gasherbrum II West Face|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en}}</ref>