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kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 4:15 pm
by wayno
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 4:35 pm
by Giddy_up
It's a *&%$#! tough mountain from what I've read and seen through other people's accounts of climbing there. Where they know to you wayno?
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards"
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 4:39 pm
by wayno
no
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 7:40 pm
by andrewbish
Father and son. Both really experienced - the son was even named Denali. The mountains pay no regard to our experience or self-opinion. They just are.
Tragedy on K2
Posted: Mon 29 Jul, 2013 8:58 pm
by wildernesswanderer
Doesn't look good for two on NZ's most experienced climbers, sad news
http://climber.co.nz/news/tragedy-k2EDIT by moderator - duplicate topic merged here.
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Tue 30 Jul, 2013 9:00 am
by Son of a Beach
The guy I share an office with was climbing in NZ last year with the father who just died on K2. They'd shared (and survived) a helicopter crash on that occasion. Tragic for the families of those lost, and for the friends.
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Tue 30 Jul, 2013 9:07 am
by GPSGuided
ABC News Radio reported this this morning. They also commented that 20 climbers have died this season in Pakistan. RIP.
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Tue 30 Jul, 2013 9:12 am
by wayno
GPSGuided wrote:ABC News Radio reported this this morning. They also commented that 20 climbers have died this season in Pakistan. RIP.
that might include the dozen who were murdered by terrorist extremists
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Tue 30 Jul, 2013 9:30 am
by stepbystep
A couple of very experienced Polish climbers died on Broad Peak this year
http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/141555,C ... Broad-Peak
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Tue 30 Jul, 2013 10:29 am
by wayno
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Wed 31 Jul, 2013 7:08 am
by Giddy_up
Macpac sponsored and had a very close affinity with these two climbers, here is their response to the loss of these two men.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e6a ... c0e809336a"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards"
Re: kiwi's killed on K2
Posted: Sun 18 Aug, 2013 7:13 am
by Giddy_up
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nationa ... 2s34d.html"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards"