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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.
K2 from the south. The Abruzzi Spur attempted by the expedition is the last spur before the right hand skyline. The highest point reached is the flattened part of the skyline at two-thirds height. The 1953 American Karakoram expedition was a mountaineering expedition to K2, at 8,611 metres the second highest mountain on Earth.
K2 from Godwin-Austen Glacier (photo Sella 1909 [note 1]). The 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 was the unsuccessful second attempt by American mountaineers to climb the then-unclimbed second-highest mountain in the world, K2, following the 1938 reconnaissance expedition.
Jim Wickwire (born June 8, 1940) is the first American to summit K2, the second highest mountain in the world (summit at 8,611 m (28,251 ft)). [1] [2] [3] Wickwire is also known for surviving an overnight solo bivouac on K2 at an elevation above 27,000 ft or 8,200 m; considered "one of the most notorious bivouacs in mountaineering history".
In August 2008, she climbed K2. [4] Her husband, Rolf Bae , who had been climbing with her on K2, perished during the descent, as did ten other mountaineers . In a close call at the bottleneck, another climber, Dren Mandić unhooked himself and lost balance causing him to bump into her.
House's Chimney, named after American climber Bill House, is a 30-metre (100 ft) tall crack in a rock wall, located on the Abruzzi Spur of K2, a mountain on the China–Pakistan border. The 'chimney' was first climbed, and named, when House free climbed it on the 1938 American K2 expedition .
The Gilkey Memorial is a memorial and cenotaph for those who have died while climbing K2. The memorial is named after Art Gilkey who died on the mountain in 1953. [1] [2] [3] The memorial is a stone cairn covered with metal plaques. Each plaque is inscribed with details about the dead climber, such as when they went missing or were found dead.
Rolf Bae died on 1 August 2008, in a climbing accident while taking part in an international expedition on K2 mountain. [7] According to his wife, Cecilie, she saw her husband swept off the mountain during an ice fall accident. [8] Bae was a friend and teammate of Ger McDonnell, the first Irishman to summit K2. Both men died within hours of ...