The 2008 K2 Disaster: Eleven people TRAGICALLY died on the mountain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2023
- K2 is one of the world's toughest climbs and has claimed the lives of more than 80 climbers. Mountaineers call it the Savage Mountain. It is both physically demanding and technically difficult, with a notorious couloir or gully towards the summit known as the Bottleneck that has traditionally been a major challenge for even the most experienced climbers.
K2 is a lot steeper than Everest. Basically, it's a giant pyramid. There are no easy routes, they are all hard. It also has its own weather system. The key factor that makes K2 challenging to climb, is its slopes that rise at 45 degrees angles or more and its surface characterized by limestone and ice. The mountain does not forgive any mistakes. The chance to die from a fall or from being hit by an icefall is disproportionately high.
The good weather rarely lasts long enough to complete an ascent. But for the hardcore, this is much of the attraction. For climbers and adventurers seeking the ultimate challenge for body and mind, there is nothing to match reaching the summit of K2. It’s the mountain of mountains, the climbers' summit. And for those who do succeed on reaching the top, it is an accomplishment.
On 1 August 2008, twenty-five climbers left Camp 4 to reach the summit of K2. It was a perfect day for climbing, one in a million, yet it turned out to be the deadliest day on the mountain when eleven climbers tragically died. They were swept away by avalanches, left dangling at the ends of their ropes and crushed by ice seracs.
Several factors led to the accident, including miscalculation, initial delays, traffic jam, and serac falls cutting off fixed ropes. They were a series of events, some preventable, some not. But what it had in common with many mountaineering disasters, including the 1996 Everest Disaster, was the continuation of a summit push past the safe turnaround time.
This is the story of the 2008 K2 Disaster.
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This is, hands down, THE best video I have watched about the K2 2008 disaster. Your recap at the end, which focused on each climber who died, was very moving and added a lot. You find more photos of everyone that appear in your vids than I've ever seen or been able to find searching the net aggressively. Photos give me better insight into who these people were. Thanks for ALL you do!!
Wait so they wanted already sick exhausted climbers to carry a deceased body down K2 😳 noooooo. I can’t wrap my head around that. How horrible 💔
It seems like many of these disasters are caused when teams "join" together.
Cecelia had to have been so lost when Rolf fell. He was just gone. My heart breaks. McDonald saved lives that day. Pimba is awesome. Thank man deserves the best and the most respect.
When they were bringing down Drens body and the man fell, it broke my heart! He was suffering from higgh altitude. What a scarey ending!😢 ❤
You are my favorite High Altitude Climbing youtube channel. Great video. However, I don't think you showed how Wilco took over much of the decision making for the teams - and how raging his summit fever was. After the deaths of the two in the bottleneck, and the mix up of the ropes, along with the late start - the teams should have turned around. But Wilco gave exactly 3 seconds of thought to it and said they would continue up. And then when he encountered the Koreans on the way down - he gave one of them an extra pair of gloves and then did nothing else to aid them. I really don't like Wilco's snake-like avoidance of any responsibility. Anyhow, that's just my opinion from the various documentaries I've watched about this tragedy.
They should give pemba some money for saving so many people
I'm not a climber , I don't understand why McDonnel had to go back up to undo the ropes, why couldn't they just cut the ropes were the 3 fellows laid?
This is the most detailed, comprehensive presentation that I've found on this incident. Thank you for telling all of the stories with respect and not focusing on one person's narrative. It's obvious an incredible amount of work went into research and collecting pictures. I watched with subtitles but I enjoy your voice, accent, and presentation very much. I have so many conflicting thoughts and feelings about people who choose to take on such a dangerous endeavor.
Pemba is a machine
I was there & on the Summit also ! 8 Years ago already now ! It was one of the Biggest Experiences in my Alpinistic Life EVER !! Its a Balance Trip in between Life & Dead ! ⭐⭐⭐
As an audio tech, I must say that you did a great job in your narration.
This was one of the most interesting and informative videos about a climbing desaster. I appreciate your good comments and the great footage. I know the story from „Summit“, a good movie about K2 desaster in 2008. But after watching your video everything happened has become understandable to me. I enjoyed your different maps of K2 and the south face, where you put informations about the different parts of the mountain, the camps and where the single fates happened. Well done, a gem of stories about famous mountains and mountaineering gone wrong.
the recap portion at the end is highly appriciated.well reaschered content
Incredibly well done! I am so grateful you took the time and effort to add captions because I got to enjoy the voiceover and focus on your material. I now understand the sequence of events more clearly. The information on those whose lost their lives was a wonderful tribute to them. Bravo!! ❤
Well researched and presented, thank-you. I really appreciate your videos and channel. Best wishes to you from Minnesota.
This cluster f by some idiots is making my blood boil. How can a group of people who should be considered and expected serious climbers make such stupid mistakes. 5 go up and nobody knows what they are doing and with what. They and a few others had no business being on K2. Very good objective presentation of the tragic events..but it seems there is more to the story of the mistakes made.
Wow! I love your detail. I’ve watched many documentaries on this horrible climb but this is the best! 🙌
My eyes where glued to the screen the entire time !! This was sooo detailed & informative the whole way through ❤subscribed.
Thank you for this great insight on this tragic epic event. Great job!