2008 K2 disaster
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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. Three others were seriously injured. The series of
K2 in Summer
High on K2: Seracs above the Bottleneck
K2
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K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres. It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the G
2008 K2 disaster
…The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. Three others were seriously injured. The series of deaths, over the course of the Friday ascent and Saturday…
K2 from Broad Peak Base Camp
Montgomerie's original sketch from 1856 in which he applied the notation K2
View above Camp-IV of K2
The west face of K2 taken from the Savoia Glacier, on the 1909 expedition