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15 sty 2023 · How did 11 people die in the 2008 K2 disaster? Eleven people died in K2 after an ice avalanche destroyed a fixed rope climbers used to reach the summit and oxygen deprivation. Inadequate planning and communication from the beginning contributed to the climbers’ tragedy.
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.
Gerard McDonnell (20 January 1971 – 2 August 2008), mountaineer and engineer, was the first Irishman to reach the summit of K2, [1] the second-highest mountain on Earth, in August 2008. He died along with 10 other mountaineers following an avalanche on the descent, [2] in the deadliest accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. [3] [4]
25 paź 2018 · Eleven experienced mountaineers died in a series of disasters on Aug. 1 2008, many of them killed in sheer plunges into the abyss. Only 18 people climbed that day, making the death toll of 11, if...
6 sie 2008 · In all, 11 lives were lost in the worst episode on K2 since 13 climbers died over a two-week span in 1986, and one of the worst disasters in mountaineering history.
7 maj 2024 · Many people still have questions about what went wrong and how 11 people lost their lives during the 2008 K2 climb. A 2013 Sundance documentary, The Summit, recalls the events of that fateful day, but the details of what actually happened remain a mystery.
12 lut 2018 · The 2008 K2 Disaster was a highly publicized climbing disaster that resulted in the deaths of 11 climbers on August 01 of that year. The tragedy also heightened scrutiny of safety precautions and climber responsibility during expeditions.
