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The following is a list of books about K2, a mountain in the Karakorum Range between Pakistan and China, listed by expedition date: . 1887 - British - Younghusband Francis Younghusband, The Heart of a Continent, 1896, (Yakushi Y27)
The book describes Mortenson's transition from a registered nurse and mountain climber to a humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and elevating education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Following the beginnings of his humanitarian efforts, Mortenson co-founded the Central Asia Institute (CAI), a non-profit group that has reported ...
K2. Mortenson describes the origins of his humanitarian work in his best-selling book Three Cups of Tea.He states he traveled to northern Pakistan in 1993 to climb the world's second-highest mountain, K2, as a memorial to his sister, Christa.
The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Three others were seriously injured. The series of deaths, over the course of the Friday ascent and Saturday descent, was the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
A documentary released in 2013 by Nick Ryan, entitled The Summit, highlighted McDonnell's death and the overarching disaster that he was involved in. [11] A book with the same title, The Summit: How Triumph Turned to Tragedy on K2's Deadliest Days was written and released by Sherpa guide Pemba Gyalje and fellow mountaineer Pat Falvey. [17]
K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). [5] It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.
Marketed under the names spice, spike, flamingo, or K2 — this underground drug has become one of the most inexpensive and dangerous ways to get high, reports say. Videos surfacing online have ...
Pages in category "K2" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... List of books about K2; K2 (board game) K2 (film) 1954 Italian Karakoram ...