Tragedy

By mountaintravel • July 17th, 2009

1. Go Mi-Sun, 41, (also spelled ‘Ko Mi-young’ by some of the local media) lost on Nanga Parbat normal route.
South Korean climber Ko Mi-young, 41, who went missing after a fall from a cliff in the Himalayas, was found dead in a ravine according to South Korean embassy in Pakistan, Sunday – Jul 12, [...]

Biggest tragedy of Polish climbers in Himalayas on Mt. Everest -

- Mount Everest Expedition 1989.
Previously, the worst single accident on Mount Everest had occurred in 1989, when five Polish climbers died in an avalanche.
On May 27, 1989 died in avalanche on Lho La  : Mirosław Falco-Dąsal, Mirosław Gardzielewski, Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich and Andrzej [...]

Wydarzenia, które miały miejsce w pierwszych dniach sierpnia 2008 roku na K2, podobnie jak tragedia z 1986 roku na K2 i z 1996 na Evereście, zapiszą się, jako jedne z najtragiczniejszych w historii Himalaizmu. W kilkanaście dni po tragedii można postarać się przybliżyć i zrozumieć, co tak naprawdę wydarzyło się podczas tych kilku sierpniowych dni [...]

Wilco and Marco left bivouac, 5 climbers descending, several going up to help.
Aug 01, 2008
(K2Climb.net) At around 11 am local time, Wilco and Marco have reportedly left their bivouac just above the serac at 8300 meters above the Bottleneck. They have been in radio contact with BC, but their location is currently unknown.
Location of Gerard [...]

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Karl Unterkircher feared lost on Nanga Parbat.
Jul 16, 2008 (K2Climb.net) Sad news from Nanga Parbat, where Italian Karl Unterkircher reportedly died in a crevasse fall on the Rakhiot face yesterday. Unterkircher was opening a new route together with Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer; themselves in a tough spot right now.
Nanga [...]