9 Climbers Feared Dead In K-2 Avalanche
Three Others Missing On World's Second-Tallest Mountain
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Snow falls during an avalanche on the North Ridge of K2 in the Xinjiang Province of China in a 2000 file photo. (AP Photo/John Heilprin)
Nazir Sabir says 22 climbers, mostly foreigners, reached K-2's summit Saturday but an ice avalanche struck them during their descent.
He says nine of the mountaineers are feared to have died and three others are missing. His Alpine Club of Pakistan organized a Serbian expedition on the mountain.
Sabir says a Serbian climber is among the nine feared dead.
K-2 is 28,250 feet tall, about 785 feet shorter than the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. But climbers generally regard K-2 as a more difficult peak to conquer.
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FEARED? why ''feared''?? it''s their azzes that are dead not ours! they are either dead or they aren''t, ''fearing'' isn''t going to change that!
I''d rather spend my spare time on a beach somewhere drinkin'' Blue Hawaiians & Tiquila Sunrises, then trying to huff it up some cold a$$ mountain.
Indeed.
There is also the egotistical (bragging rights) aspect of it. Imagine if nobody was around to witness or hear the climber''s testament. The climbers would never bother climbing the mountain. It would all be pointless.
Must people put disturb everything? Have people not learned that they do not need to put their print on everything?
Why did the man climb the mountain? Because it was there.
These climbers, just like all the other misguided thrill seekers before them (personal opinion) knew the risks going in. They knew they may not make it out alive. At least they died doing something they loved. Cause you got to Love it to do it.
"They knew they may not make it out alive. At least they died doing something they loved. Cause you got to Love it to do it."
Does this mean that people should go out and have promiscuous *** (we all know there is a risk) because we love doing it?
Giggity Giggity Goo...
"All I can add is I hope nobody else gets dead or injured looking for the thrill seeking fools. The story did not say if they were heads of their family''''s. If they had wives, kids, then they were selfish to boot!"
Yeah, the same goes for promiscuous s.e.x.
Here''s to those who would never pass up the chance to see God''s creation! Not for any page of the Bible.
My direct climbing partner was Adrian Benitez, one of Mexico%u2019s top mountaneers and on summit day, August 14th, 1992 we left camp 4 whilst the others stayed as they were feeling sick due to high altitude.
Weatherwise and our window of opportunity was getting slimmer so Adrian and I left for the top and when we were about 300 m from the summit an ice wall we were climbing broke and Adrian fell 9000 ft to his death.
Adrian fell and I was left in the middle of a storm hanging from a ledge, shuddering with panic and unable to move for a while.
It took me over two hours getting to a safer place where I radioed to base camp with the unfortunate news.
In the mean time I had no time to mourn as I had to aid in the rescue of Gary Ball who had developed pulmonary and cerebral edema on Camp 4 at above 8000 meters.
Bringing Gary down took us nearly four days due to bad weather. The sad end of the story is that he later died in Daulaghiri.
K2 is a killer mountain. The chances of dying against summiting and coming back alive are 3 to 1 so I really doubt that if there are missing people there, they would be alive after a day. RICARDO TORRES-NAVA
Good news from the CNN website. I believe they will also rescue others!
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/pakistan.climbers.ap/index.html
If one of your family members had been in that group, maybe you could get over your envy of people who actually get out and live their lives, and feel a bit of compassion for those who lost their lives and the families who must now mourn.
If one of your family members had been in that group, maybe you could get over your envy of people who actually get out and live their lives, and feel a bit of compassion for those who lost their lives and the families who must now mourn.
If one of your family members had been in that group, maybe you could get over your envy of people who actually get out and live their lives, and feel a bit of compassion for those who lost their lives and the families who must now mourn.
If one of your family members had been in that group, maybe you could get over your envy of people who actually get out and live their lives, and feel a bit of compassion for those who lost their lives and the families who must now mourn.
If one of your family members had been in that group, maybe you could get over your envy of people who actually get out and live their lives, and feel a bit of compassion for those who lost their lives and the families who must now mourn.
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August 4, 2008 1:45 PM PDT
- I was above the botleneck which is a very treacerous part. The microclimate of K2 makes it impossible to forsee what odds we have.
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See all 31 CommentsMany people think this is dangerous but living in Mexico subject to robberies, kidnappings and being murder by drug lords just by mistake makes climbing quite a safe experience.
Surviving unemployement,drug trafficking and rampant insecurity in Mexico beats by all means climbing K2.