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The expedition to summit the peak alpine-style was considered by some to be one of the most anticipated climbs of the season. [22] The 2024 summit season on K2 was limited due to poor weather, and Hiraide and Nakajima spent weeks at advanced base camp. On July 24, the pair set off at 4:30 am, despite active rain and icy conditions. [23]
While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb due to its steep faces and extreme weather. The most deadly events on K2 were the 1986 K2 disaster, 1995 K2 disaster, and 2008 K2 disaster. As of August 2023, an estimated 800 people had completed a summit, and 96 had died ...
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Oniichansugoi 12:47, 19 December 2024 (UTC) Yoshizawa led the 1977 expedition, but did not himself summit. See his submission to the AAC about the expedition, or Appendix I in Jim Curran's book K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain ("At seventy-three years of age, I. Yoshizawa was the oldest person to reach the foot of K2.")
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.
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Stefano Zavka (June 24, 1972 – July 20, 2007) was an Italian mountaineer and alpinist.Zavka's disappearance on K2 received wide exposure as the expedition was documented by Italian journalist Marco Mazzocchi and public broadcaster RAI for the documentary K2: The Dream, the Nightmare (original title: K2: Il sogno, l'incubo).
In 2024, Jenn Drummond became the first woman to complete the Seven Second Summits with her ascent of Sumantri on October 9, 2024. In total, she summited nine peaks ( Ojos del Salado , Batian , Dych Tau , Mount Tyree , K2 , Mount Townsend , Mount Logan , Monte Rosa , and Sumantri ) to successfully completed the challenge.