Tonight’s boring geography for sleep drifts up into the Karakoram, where K2 rises like a frozen wall of rock, wind, and thin air. In that quiet Sleepless Geographer style, we’ll softly unpack why you wouldn’t survive the summit, from oxygen starvation and brutal temperatures to avalanche terrain and the mountain’s steep, exposed routes.

Along the way, we zoom out to the landscapes and geological forces that built this extreme environment, including plate collisions, uplift, glaciers, and relentless erosion. Settle in for calm facts, slow travel through high altitude geography, and a steady stream of soothing detail designed to help you relax, switch off, and fall asleep.

📚 Chapters:
0:00:00 Thin Air, Quiet Ice (K2 at Night)
0:13:43 The Slow Work of Wind (Ridges, Snow, and Sand)
0:27:26 Water That Never Gives Up (Rivers and Canyons)
0:41:09 Edges of Continents (Coasts, Cliffs, and Beaches)
0:54:52 The Ground That Moves (Plates and Mountains)
1:08:35 Fire Under the Pillow (Volcanoes and Lava Lands)
1:22:18 Weather With a Long Memory (Storms, Rain Shadows, and Cold)
1:36:01 The Gentle Threat of Empty Places (Deserts and Plateaus)
1:49:44 Where Earth Turns Soft (Forests, Wetlands, and Living Gro...
2:03:27 Deep Time, Soft Ending (Earth’s Long Patience)