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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.
Northern vantage of K2. K2 is the world's second-highest mountain at 8,611 meters (28,251 ft) above sea level.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.
After extensive search and rescue efforts, they were declared dead. The group included seasoned climbers: Ali Sadpara, a veteran mountaineer; his 21-year-old son, Sajid Sadpara; Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjónsson; and Chilean climber Juan Pablo Mohr Prieto. Sajid Sadpara survived, while the others died during the expedition. [2] [3 ...
It comes as two other climbers who were on K2 that day, Austrian Wilhelm Steindl and German Philip Flaemig, claim they saw people stepping over the gravely injured man instead of coming to his rescue.
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 Gilkey Memorial has since become the burial place of other climbers who have died on K2, as well as a memorial to those whose bodies have not been found. [30] Clothing and human remains, positively identified as Gilkey, [34] were discovered close to K2 Base Camp in 1993 by an expedition led by British mountaineer Roger Payne.
The 1995 K2 disaster was a mountaineering disaster on K2 in Pakistan, the world's second highest mountain. Six people are reported to have died on August 13, 1995, on K2, largely related to bad weather, especially reported high winds. [ 1 ]