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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.
List of deaths on K2 Date Name Nationality Cause of death References 28 July 2024 Kazuya Hiraide Japan: Unknown, possible fall [4] Kenro Nakajima: 14 July 2024 Ser Muhammad Pakistan: Acute mountain sickness [5] [6] 27 July 2023: Muhammad Hassan Shigri Pakistan: Unknown [7] 22 July 2022: Matthew Eakin Australia: Fall [8] Richard Cartier Canada: Fall
The most recent years without known deaths on the mountain are 1977, in which only two people reached the summit, and 2020, when permits were suspended by Nepal because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] [3] Deaths have been attributed to avalanches, falls, serac collapse, exposure, frostbite, or health problems related to conditions on the ...
K2 is the world’s second-highest peak and the porter is said to have fallen at its most dangerous part. Pakistan investigates K2 death after claims ‘dozens’ of climbers walked past dying ...
Pages in category "Deaths on K2" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2021 K2 disaster; A.
the 2008 K2 disaster; the 2021 K2 disaster This page was last edited on 23 November 2024, at 03:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Climate change is already worsening the chaos attendant on resource shortage – and, therefore, death rates. Environmental stress is already causing death – this chaos map shows where Skip to ...
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