After 17 years, we look back at the 2008 K2 disaster, one of the deadliest tragedies in modern mountaineering, which saw 11 climbers killed ...

It’s the fascinating tour de force of a book, “No Way Down: Life and Death on K2,” the story of how a lethal disaster unfolded among climbers in 2008 on the second-highest mountain in the world.

I was too young to do that.” Rice said he had become friends with the 11 climbers killed in the avalanche. They had traveled to K2 from countries around the world.

The Summit Trailer 2. Nick Ryan ‘s The Summit (2012) movie trailer 2 for the K2 documentary stars Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Pat Falvey, and Niall Foley.

The frostbitten last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 people on the world's second-highest peak was plucked off K2 on Wednesday and taken to a military hospital, a Pakistani army ...

*K2 is the second highest mountain in the world at 8,611m or 28,251ft. *It was first conquered by Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, part of an Italian expedition, on 31 July 1954.

Rice said he knew when he set out for K2 that some climbers might not survive. It’s the nature of what they do. Along the way up the mountain, he watched a Serbian friend fall to his death.

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I turned off the emotion.” Rice said he knew when he set out for K2 that some climbers might not survive. It’s the nature of what they do. Along the way up the mountain, he watched a Serbian friend ...