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Nearly five decades after
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during the 1909 Italian expedition to K2. The picture was taken from the upper
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and Dejan Miškovič. They bivouacked on the crest after 17 hours of climbing. They decided not to go to the summit because of strong wind. Just after they started descending, Kozjek fell to his death.
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seem extremely impregnable. This image was featured in a book on mountaineering in 1941 with the caption "The Last
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had suggested. The
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Hartog, J.H. (1956). "The climbing of the Muztagh Tower".
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829:"Interview with Dejan Miškovič (slovene language)"
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868:"Short film about ascent (on english)"
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179:China–Pakistan border
109:35.82667°N 76.36167°E
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594:Curran, Jim (1995).
665:"The Muztagh Tower"
640:One Man's Mountains
638:Patey, Tom (1971).
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886:Categories
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553:Peakbagger
171:Tashkurgan
168:, Pakistan
100:76°21′42″E
97:35°49′36″N
65:Prominence
492:Slovenian
440:Tom Patey
436:Joe Brown
395:Karakoram
286:Karakoram
177:, China,
162:Baltistan
125:Geography
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514:See also
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399:Xinjiang
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