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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.
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.
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.
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.
Annapurna, Nepal A South Korean mountaineer renowned for climbing some of the world's dangerous summits and trekking on both poles, Park and two team members went missing while descending Annapurna in Nepal after an aborted attempt at a new travel route there, and are presumed dead. [291] [292] 6 November 2011 Sky Metalwala: 2 Bellevue ...
Experienced Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote died Saturday while attempting to summit K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Mingote fell down a crevasse while making his way back to camp ...
Alan Rouse (1951–1986) UK, soloed many of hardest routes of day, died on descent from K2 (1986) Galen Rowell (1940–2002) US, photographer and mountaineer, first one-day ascents of Denali and Kilimanjaro, first ascent Great Trango Tower; Henry Russell (1834–1909) France/Ireland, prolific first ascensionist in Pyrenees
SEOUL (Reuters) -Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still trying to determine what ...