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Kauffman in 1986–1987, Durrance broke his silence to say that he had no memory of leaving such a note. Wiessner died in 1988 and only then in 1989 Durrance for the first time made his personal, handwritten diary available. It records that
Cromwell decided to clear the camps and wrote a note to the Sherpas at Camp VII asking them to do this. Changing their book from a biography to one about the expedition, in 1992 the authors wrote that they found Durrance's diary reliable and they believe the most likely explanation is that, if there was a note, it was written by Cromwell for sending up to the Sherpas at Camp VII. Durrance had been keeping quiet for fifty years to protect Wiessner and Cromwell who had also recently died. They also regarded it as a serious error that Wolfe was left up at Camp VII while the others descended. Cromwell's decision to clear Camps IV and below was not as unreasonable as it seemed because he had no reason to think Camps VII and VI would be cleared – the Sherpas cleared the higher ones either through misunderstanding their orders or because, believing the lead climbers were dead and seeing the lower camps were being stripped, they assumed the higher camps were no longer needed.
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the work very hard in reaching Camp IV. At Camp V Durrance found frostbite in Wolfe's feet but, following in
Wiessner's trail, they struggled up to Camp VI with Wolfe having very great difficulty. Overruling Durrance's medical advice, Wiessner allowed Wolfe to continue on up. On July 13, ascending to Camp VII, Durrance became exhausted and went down to VI with four Sherpas while Wiessner, Wolfe and three Sherpas occupied the higher camp. Next day the higher party reached Camp VIII from where Tse Tendrup and Pasang Kitar were sent back to move supplies between VI and VII, supposedly to be arriving from lower on the mountain. The other Sherpas were to carry up to VIII to join Pasang Lama who had stayed there. Discounting the eight-day delay caused by the major storm, they had established Camp VIII in the same time it had taken the 1938 expedition. Their supply lines were, however, seriously overstretched.
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managed alone before. It is possible that, after such a long time at high altitude, either or both men were not thinking clearly. Wiessner and Pasang Lama descended, camp by camp, finding little food and no sleeping bags, until finally reaching Base Camp on July 24. Both were utterly exhausted, hardly able to walk, and Pasang Lama was in a very bad way. Wiessner was furious that they had been abandoned on the mountain, accusing first
Cromwell, then Tendrup, of attempting to murder them, and threatening legal action. The well-to-do Cromwell, accustomed to polite deference, was appalled, and in turn accused Wiessner of abandoning Wolfe – Cromwell and Wiessner thus became enemies for life. Durrance kept quiet about his own role in clearing the lower camps, deliberately omitting telling Wiessner that it had been under Cromwell's orders.
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team. This had caused no difficulties up to Base Camp but on the mountain
Wiessner was to become progressively farther and farther separated from the main group of the team and no one seemed able to take charge of the logistics lower down. Of the better climbers, Cranmer was seriously ill and Durrance was greatly impeded because of still waiting for his proper boots. The Abruzzi Ridge can be climbed from Base Camp up to Camp VI in a few hours of good weather but in poor weather or with indifferent climbers the ridge is a dangerous place to be. Between Camp IV and Camp VII the Abruzzi Ridge is sharp, steep and unrelenting with exposure and rockfall being problems on the lower section. Strong winds can be a major difficulty; K2 partly protects the major
1113:"Jack, Phinsoo, Pasang Kitar, Dawa leave for Camp VII to meet Dudley. Jack, who feels well, may go on another summit attempt with me. I plan to follow tomorrow or in two days with Pasang Lama if he has recovered and if the beautiful weather holds...". This was an absurd idea and Durrance's sole aim was to try and rescue Wolfe, the only person still on the mountain. Durrance's party set off with orders that Durrance should only go to Camp II and the Sherpas were to climb alone after that. In fact they all reached Camp IV in two days but only two Sherpas had strength to continue so they went on up to Camp VI while Durrance and Dawa Thondup returned to base on July 27.
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happened to such an able group." There was no longer anyone with any degree of fitness but
Wiessner set off on August 3 with Tsering Norbu and Dawa Thondup taking all day to reach Camp I where Wiessner changed his target for the next day from Camp IV to Camp II. A storm blew in and lasted until August 7 when Tsering Norbu claimed that what he had said previously was wrong – they had found Wolfe with no food at all at Camp VII. Even Wiessner now lost all hope: Wolfe and three Sherpa rescuers were all dead. The rescue team managed to get back to base but all of them were in a pitiful state.
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372:, where he had learned skiing and rock climbing. Returning to the United States in 1935, he had become a mountain climber and guide in the Tetons. Although he had not started his medical training, he was appointed the official expedition doctor. He had little money, but some generous members of the AAC helped fund him. He considered himself under-qualified for the expedition and, in his personal diary, wrote that he thought the same of everyone else, save Wiessner. Among those who had turned down their invitations were
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Wolfe, because of his financial contribution, had induced
Wiessner into allowing him to climb too high. Tse Tendrup's false report of the deaths of the three leading climbers should not have been believed so readily. He praised the Sherpas who volunteered to try to rescue Wolfe and did not blame Wiessner for allowing their attempt. He criticized Cromwell and Trench for returning early to Srinagar and considered Trench had been entirely unsatisfactory on the expedition.
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instructed Tse
Tendrup and Pasang Kitar to go back up to Camps VI, VII or even VIII, ferrying goods upwards, and then to wait for news from above. They never got higher than Camp VI except on July 20 when they reached VII with Tse Tendrup venturing further to about 500 feet (150 m) below Camp VIII. Not daring to go on alone he shouted, three times, but got no reply. Seeing signs of recent avalanches he rashly assumed the advance party had all been killed.
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you ..." – in fact during the storm
Durrance had been out carrying supplies more frequently than his leader. There was now a strong rift between Wiessner and the rest of the climbers, apart from Wolfe. After carrying supplies up to Camp III in another storm Cromwell was hurt in a fall and Sheldon got seriously frostbitten toes. He was sent down to Base Camp by Cromwell and stayed there for the rest of the expedition.
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1012:"Our position on the mountain was extremely favorable. We had built up a series of fully stocked camps up the mountain; tents with sleeping bags and provisions for many weeks stood ready at Camps II, IV, VI and VII. Wolfe stood at Camp VIII with further supplies (if indeed, he was not already on the way up to us), and here at Camp IX we had provisions for 6 days and gasoline for a longer period than that."
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clashes that might be due to someone with a German temperament leading
American climbers. He thought Wiessner was a good climber and leader but had been too forceful and abrupt. He felt the Americans had made insufficient effort to understand him and that some, particularly those paying their own expenses, had wrongly felt entitled to have an equal say in the running of the expedition.
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1938 Camp III – Cromwell, a fair weather climber with no leadership experience, was turning out to be a very timid leader, often making excuses for why activity should be postponed. Wiessner again took the climbing lead but even he took two days to reach Camp IV with a large team of eleven – as it turned out he continued to lead the climbing for the rest of the attempt on the summit.
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reached the top and been able to return to Camp IX all in the one day. With
Sherpas and equipment still in place at the high camps they would probably all have been able to return safely. They would have been the first people to climb an eight-thousand-metre mountain and would have succeeded without bottled oxygen. There would have been no recriminations.
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mountaineering expedition and there were many recriminations. Fearing a split in its membership the American Alpine Club set up a committee to inquire into the matter and the bland report that resulted merely stated that it was the members of the expedition who could best account for what had happened. Wiessner and Cromwell both resigned from the AAC.
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mattresses, Primus stoves, nailed boots and eiderdown sleeping bags. They obtained the best ropes of the time made of Italian hemp which, being water absorbent, become heavy and almost impossible to manipulate when frozen. Dehydrated (not freeze-dried) food was very limited – milk and a few fruits and vegetables – and most food was canned, apart from
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were rather few accomplished mountaineers in America at the time, and none of the 1938 expedition members felt able to repeat their efforts. The people selected were going to be decided on grounds of availability, and ability to pay, rather than on mountaineering ability. The total cost was estimated to be $ 17,500 (equivalent to
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Camp II they did not consider they had much to do. At Camps VI and VII were four Sherpas, led by the strong but inexperienced Tse Tendrup, but with no climbers, sirdar or deputy sirdar. Their rushed instructions had simply been to carry supplies further up and it is not clear they had understood the overall logistical situation.
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for Camp VI and next day, July 6, climbed the Black Tower to reach the top of the Abruzzi Ridge: Camp VII at 24,700 feet (7,529 m). During this time Wolfe had stayed at Camp V. No further supplies had been carried up even as far as Camp IV so Wiessner immediately went right down to Camp II to see what was going on.
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Lama and the loss of Wolfe's sleeping bag. Reaching the camp at dusk, they were met with another shock – not only were there no new supplies, but the tents had collapsed under snow; there were no mattresses, only one sleeping bag, and the food was scattered around. Fortunately, they had been left stoves and fuel.
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in the letters they brought and refused to go down, telling them to return tomorrow when he would be ready. Back at Camp VI the Sherpas were stormbound so it was only on July 31 that the same three Sherpas again attempted the rescue. Pasang Kikuli, Pasang Kitar, Phinsoo and Wolfe were never seen alive again.
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they met Cromwell and, according to Durrance's personal diary which provides the only evidence, when he saw the draft report he was enraged. He shouted that Wiessner had murdered Wolfe and the Sherpas. Not only this but Cromwell and Trench had already been at Srinagar where they had been making their
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On July 22 Wiessner and Pasang Lama went down to Camp VIII to collect extra supplies and for Pasang Lama to be replaced by a fresher Sherpa, but, expecting to be going up again immediately, Wiessner left his sleeping bag behind, although Pasang Lama took his. What they found horrified them. Wolfe had
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Also on July 18 Sheldon and Cranmer took their own decision to leave on the return journey giving themselves time to study the geology near Urdukas before reaching home for the start of term at Dartmouth. This left only Cromwell, Durrance and Trench with Sherpas Pasang Kikuli, Sonam and Dawa Thondup.
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Back at Camp VII Tse Tendrup persuaded the other Sherpas that everyone aloft had died, and, with only three days before the return home, they decided to descend. Moreover, because they had seen that the lower camps were being stripped they thought it would be helpful to clear Camps VII and VI as they
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and he had scarcely managed to get there. He gave instructions to Tsering Norbu and Phinsoo to restock the camps up to VII or even VIII and then, with Pasang Kikuli who had serious frostbite and Dawa Thondup, he eventually got down to Camp II where he found everything in a terrible mess with Cromwell
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Durrance and the others were astonished by the progress high on the mountain. They had been worrying that the advance team might be in trouble and had only made two trips to dump supplies at Camp III. Cheered by the developments, Durrance, Cromwell, Trench and six Sherpas resumed the ascent but found
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On June 5 they carried 700 pounds (320 kg) up the Godwin-Austen glacier and its icefall to reach Camp I. After several carries Camp I was occupied on June 8 and next day Wiessner, Durrance and Pasang Kikuli reached Camp II which was to become the main low-level location for food and equipment to
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Wiessner saw himself as the person to lead the climb up the mountain, as well as being the overall organizational leader. The appointment of Cromwell, who had not intended to climb higher than Camp IV, as deputy and the lack of other experienced climbers gave Wiessner an over-dominant position in the
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In the fall of 1938, the American economy was not in good shape, and there were no realistic prospects for obtaining public or private funding for a 1939 expedition, so Wiessner had to choose a team from people who could pay their own expenses. The expedition would be away for up to six months, there
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Wiessner was a 39-year-old German rock climber who had achieved a huge number of climbing routes in the Alps, some of them outstanding first ascents. He was an astute businessman in the chemical industry and a visit to America in 1929 drew him into spending more, and then nearly all, his time there.
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Delayed by the outbreak of war on September 1, 1939, Wiessner flew to Cairo on September 20 from where he returned by ship. Durrance, happy the expedition was over, stayed in India for several more weeks and only reached home at the end of the year. Back in America Cromwell again accused Wiessner of
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Wiessner's report to the AAC blandly described the sequence of major events during the expedition with particular praise for Pasang Kikuli and Tsering Norbu. He justified Wolfe being left at Camp VII because Wiessner and Pasang Lama had intended returning up from Camp VI with additional supplies and
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With Tsering Norbu staying at Camp VI, Pasang Kikuli, Pasang Kitar and Phinsoo reached Wolfe at noon, July 29. At Camp VII things were in a terrible condition – no water or warm food; Wolfe was utterly apathetic and, because he was trapped in his tent, covered in urine and feces. He was uninterested
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For whatever reason, the four Sherpas, left to their own devices and with poor instructions, made no attempt to ferry supplies further up K2. Indeed, Tse Tendrup and Pasang Kitar decided to descend to the more comfortable Camp IV. On July 18 Pasang Kikuli and Dawa Thondup arrived from below and they
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A serious organizational difficulty had now arisen. Wiessner, Wolfe and Pasang Lama were up at 25,300 feet (7,700 m) at Camp VIII, ready to attempt the summit at 28,251 feet (8,611 m) and believing that supplies were being ferried up to the high camps to support them. Down at Base Camp and
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enters the Baltoro – after turning into the Godwin-Austen they were at last able to see K2. The party had been in very good spirits throughout the journey. Base Camp was established at 16,500 feet (5,000 m) from where most of the porters were sent back down to Askole with instructions to return
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described it as "one of the worst tragedies in the climbing history of the Himalaya". On the other hand, in his 2013 book Jim Curran remarks that the expedition was so nearly an outstanding success. On his summit push, if Wiessner had chosen the easier route up "Bottleneck Couloir", they might have
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saying, in his German accent, that on high mountains, as in war, one must expect casualties. A very public controversy started with people, including mountaineers, taking both sides but with a lot of criticism of Wiessner for abandoning Wolfe. These had been the first deaths on an American overseas
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Tsering Norbu waited two days before descending from Camp VI. Starting at 07:30 he ran down the mountain reaching Base Camp early in the afternoon. Durrance wrote "The Sherpas are certain something awful has happened." Wiessner thought differently: "No, it seems impossible that anything should have
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With Base Camp packed up and Cromwell and Trench starting off leading the porters back to Askole, Durrance set about trying to rescue Wolfe from Camp VII. On July 25 Durrance wrote "I left with Dawa Thondup, Phinsoo and Pasang Kitar to rescue Dudley". However, for the same day Wiessner's diary said
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On July 18 Cromwell had sent a note up to Durrance asking him to organize retrieving and bringing back down the tents and sleeping bags from Camp IV and below. There was adequate food higher than this and porters were due back from Askole on July 23 for the return journey. Durrance sent the Sherpas
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On June 30 Wiessner scaled the House Chimney, set up fixed ropes, and pulled up Pasang Kikuli. Next day, with a very tight rope, he managed to get Wolfe and another Sherpa up the cliffs and the four of them established Camp V. After a three-day storm Wiessner and the Sherpas climbed to the location
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On June 21 there was a severe storm that lasted for eight days. At Camp IV the temperature dropped to −2 °F (−19 °C) and down at Camp II there were hurricane-force gusts of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). On June 28 Tsering Norbu went down to Base Camp and was able to bring back up the
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in an ancient hand-rowed barge. Cromwell wrote "This is indeed a bleak and barren country, and how the inhabitants manage to live fills me with a constant admiration and wonder. The hills are entirely barren of vegetation, which only exists on the irrigated alluvial fans." To cross the fast-flowing
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Wiessner and Durrance retraced their outward route until at Askole they crossed the Braldu River and went over the 16,630-foot (5,070 m) Skoro La to reach Shigar where they started drafting their report on the expedition. They seemed in accord on the contents and there is no evidence they had
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Disappointed that no supplies had arrived at Camp IX they rested next day in very warm weather and on July 21 set off again for the summit, this time choosing the couloir route. This time the snow was in a bad condition and, unable to make adequate progress without their crampons, they returned to
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On July 1 Durrance sent a Sherpa up to Camp VI with a note saying his boots had arrived and giving other news including that they had made no progress during the storm. Receiving the note at Camp V, Wiessner may have misunderstood the contents because he replied starting "I am very disappointed in
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Leaving Cromwell to lead as far as Camp IV, on June 14 Wiessner returned to Base Camp where he found Cranmer in better health, able to organize things at base although he was not fit to climb higher. On June 17, back at Camp II, Wiessner found the advance party had not even reached the site of the
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At Srinagar they were hosted by Kenneth Hadow, a British expatriate owner of a large estate. He had organized customs clearance for their baggage and also advised on suitable staff for local appointment. He arranged for the team to stay at a skiing hut at 10,000 feet (3,000 m) from where they
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Wiessner and Wolfe purchased mountaineering equipment in Europe where, in those days, there was a much wider choice than in America. They bought the best available – Wolfe was paying most of the bills which were over and above the official expenses. They obtained strong but heavy tents, inflatable
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All three men went on down to Camp VII, which had been well-stocked last time they had last been there, but on the way Wolfe moved so clumsily that they had a serious fall when roped, almost sending all three down to the Godwin-Austen Glacier; this resulted in injuries around the waist for Pasang
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Houston's expedition investigated several routes up the mountain and, after deciding on the Abruzzi Ridge, made good progress up to the head of the ridge at 24,700 feet (7,500 m) on July 19, 1938. However, by then their supply lines were very extended, they were short of food and the monsoon
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Groth considered the accident was due to a combination of circumstances for which Wiessner could not be held solely responsible but that Wiessner should have taken far greater care in selecting the expedition's members bearing in mind climbing ability and temperament. He thought it might be that
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Wolfe's clumsiness as a climbing member of the team put others at risk but he was good company and very hard working so he was well liked. As time went by he associated himself more closely with Wiessner who seemed to be taking him as a favorite, possibly because he was substantially funding the
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started researching to write Wiessner's biography. In 1984 Wiessner had told Putnam he had passed the crumpled note to a member of the AAC committee of inquiry without keeping any copy. The note was never reported on and has since vanished without trace, despite careful searches. Interviewed by
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Wiessner decided that Wolfe should stay at Camp VII while he and Pasang Lama descended, looking for supplies at Camp VI, still intending to make another attempt on the summit. He later said that he agreed to leave Wolfe in camp, at Wolfe's own request, because the weather was good and Wolfe had
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to the south they were held up by a porters' strike when they camped at Urdukas. On May 30 Cranmer got cold, wet and exhausted trying to retrieve a tarpaulin from a crevasse and some porters had to be led back to Askole because of snow blindness, caused by the lack of goggles. The next day they
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enclosed Wiessner's report to the AAC but Groth's report itself was not made public nor was it communicated to the AAC. He acknowledged that Durrance had provided additional information over that supplied by Wiessner. He accepted Wiessner's report but said he thought there had been personality
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would make a last push to get as close to the summit as they could and then rejoin the rest of the party in descent. On July 21 the pair reached about 26,000 feet (7,900 m). In favorable weather they were able to identify a suitable site for a higher camp and a clear route to the summit.
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it was clear that Wolfe could get no further so he returned to VIII. Above the bergschrund the snow was easier. Because they pitched their tent lower than they had hoped, next day they moved Camp IX up to the top of a rock pillar. Later Wiessner was to write of his thoughts at this point
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The expedition was regarded as a success. A suitable route up the Abruzzi Ridge had been explored in detail, good sites for tents had been found (sites that would go on to be used in many future expeditions) and they had identified the technically most difficult part of the climb, up the
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reached him after he had been alone for a week at over 24,000 feet (7,300 m) but he refused to try to descend. Two days later the Sherpas again tried to rescue him, but they were never seen again. A final rescue effort was abandoned when all hope for the four climbers had been lost.
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just north of Srinagar, 330 miles (530 km) (or a month's trek) from the mountain, so after driving there on May 2 they took to foot and pony. They travelled in stages of about 15 miles (24 km) a day, taking on fresh porters and ponies every three or four stages. Trekking via
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been alone all the time, no supplies had arrived, and he had run out of matches, so he could neither cook food nor even melt ice. Wiessner could not understand where the reinforcements were, nor did he realize that, after nine days, people lower down might think he had met disaster.
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and Trench in a state of complete apathy. Now there was no link between the summit party and those at Camp II or below where no one felt in a condition to move. There was later to be great argument as to whether the team abandoned Wiessner or whether he had abandoned his team.
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The deaths and the apparently badly organized nature of the expedition led to considerable acrimony between team members and commentators back in America. At first, most people blamed Wiessner, but after he published an article in 1956, criticism turned to one of the team,
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They saw Camp VI had been struck on July 21 and supposed the leading party would be back by July 23, the day the porters were due. However it was the four intermediate Sherpas who arrived down that day – nothing had been seen or heard of Wiessner and party since July 14.
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was appointed when a more experienced climber dropped out at the last minute, after Wiessner and Wolfe had already left for Europe. He was known to Cranmer and Sheldon through their shared Dartmouth connections. He was twenty-six, and his childhood had been spent in
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This account is incompatible with Wiessner accusing Cromwell (deputy leader and senior to Durrance) of murder. Also, if left by Durrance at Camp II, the note had no sensible rationale because by the time it was found it would have been apparent the camps had been
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On August 28 when they reached Srinagar the final draft of the expedition report was ready. This, and letters that had been sent by Cromwell and Trench to the AAC, were to cause major arguments, possibly exacerbated by the imminence of war in Europe.
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equipment. However, each lower camp had been inexplicably cleared so they were unable to go back up. He did not lay any blame for the expedition's shortcomings, simply saying the conditions were adverse and people had become ill and exhausted.
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Durrance, knowing about the incendiary nature of Cromwell's and Trench's letters and after speaking with Hadow, decided he would not raise any complaints about Wiessner's leadership and he kept quiet until after Wiessner's death.
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up to clear the camps and he himself moved equipment from Camp II down to base. When Pasang Kikuli told Durrance the news from high on the mountain Durrance wrote in his diary "Found out Camp VIII established July 14, Hurrah!".
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The weather was perfect and the summit was only 2,200 feet (670 m) above them as they launched their summit attempt at the late hour of 09:00 on July 19. They then reached a point of decision: to traverse right to reach a
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mail that had arrived and, at last, Durrance's boots. The storm ceased suddenly on June 29 leaving Wiessner and Wolfe still confident of reaching the summit but the rest of the team had lost all enthusiasm for the expedition.
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were the main speakers and Wiessner proposed an expedition to climb K2 for the first time, an idea that was strongly supported. The American Alpine Club (AAC) president applied for an expedition permit via the
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Wolfe had spent 38 days continuously above 22,000 feet (6,700 m) and 16 days averaging 25,000 feet (7,600 m) without supplementary oxygen. At that time no one else had achieved this even with
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on July 23 – there would be fifty-three days to climb the mountain. The next day, after Wiessner, Cromwell and Pasang Kikuli had set off on a reconnaissance, Cranmer became very ill, probably with
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Although criticism of Wiessner lingered, matters calmed down until in 1956 Wiessner published a book (in German) about the expedition and an article in the American mountaineering magazine
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in Canada, a mountain on which there had previously been sixteen unsuccessful attempts. By 1938 he had become the pre-eminent American climber and, having been on
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expedition reached about 20,510 feet (6,250 m) on the southeast ridge before deciding the mountain was unclimbable. This route later became known as the
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in the world. From the beginning of the 20th century, several unsuccessful attempts had been made to reach the summit and the 1909
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2776:"Andrew John Kauffman II, 1920–2002 – AAC Publications – Search The American Alpine Journal and Accidents"
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3210:(television production). James McQuillan (producer). National Geographic Creative. Event occurs at 11:55
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Fallen Giants : A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
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who had led the four-hour climb up the gully). The way was now clear for a 1939 expedition.
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Viesturs, Ed; Roberts, David (2009). "Chapter 4. The Great Mystery".
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murdering Wolfe. Also, Wiessner gave an unfortunate interview to the
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Himalayan ascent only achieved decades later by western climbers.
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3303:. Killarney, Ireland: Beyond Endurance Publishing/O'Brien Press.
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The Summit: How Triumph Turned to Tragedy on K2's Deadliest Days
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on April 10 from where they took a forty-hour train journey to
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Sale, Richard (2011). "Chapter 3. The Americans Head for K2".
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from where they telegraphed a number of reports, including to
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Wiessner, Fritz H. (June 1956). "The K2 Expedition of 1939".
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On May 26 they reached the source of the Braldu River at the
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to see action. He owned an immense and magnificent estate in
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3101:; Weaver, Stewart (2008). "Chapter 5. Himalayan Hey-Day".
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be stocked with 3,360 pounds (1,520 kg) of supplies.
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got to within 800 feet (240 m) of the summit via the
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K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
1039:"We continued down and reached our camp at 2:30 am.
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right above House Chimney, start of sharp part of Ridge
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American Alpine Club Library blog (February 17, 2018).
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Summit attempts of Wiessner and Pasang Lama, July 17–21
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The upgrade to first class was at Wolfe's own expense.
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K2: Tragödien und Sieg am Zweithöchsten Berg der Erde
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K2: Tragödien und Sieg am zweithöchsten Berg der Erde
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The Challenge of K2 a History of the Savage Mountain
2473:"Melting snows shed new light on K2's great mystery"
487:. In two cars they drove 180 miles (290 km) to
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The Ghosts of K2: the Epic Saga of the First Ascent
3261:"K2 1939: The Second American Karakoram Expedition"
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520:Approach and return routes between Srinagar and K2
1557:In writing his report Groth received advice from
203:seemed imminent. It was decided that Houston and
166:1938 American Karakoram reconnaissance expedition
3320:"Book review: The Ghosts of K2 by Mick Conefrey"
3107:(1 ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press.
2647:, "Appendix G. The Wilson Analysis", pp 202–203.
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1346:in 1865. Wiessner had first met him on the 1932
1086:Wiessner's and Pasang Lama's descent, July 22–24
391:The non-climbing participants were to be met in
199:, then the highest summit to have been climbed.
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16:Failed attempt to climb second-highest mountain
3234:(in German). Munich: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother.
3170:(ebook). Barnsley: Pen & Sword Discovery.
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2635:, "Appendix E. The Groth Report", pp 187–194.
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1045:We were quite tired when we arrived in camp."
326:300,946 in 2023), or $ 2,500 per person.
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3230:Wiessner, Fritz H.; Grassler, Franz (1956).
3204:Vogel, Gregory M.; Aaronson, Reuben (2000).
1359:Altitudes are as given in Wiessner's report.
885:turned back at start of summit snow plateau
3622:Mountaineering expeditions to the Himalayas
3370:but also discussing those of 1938 and 1939)
3083:. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 88–105.
3062:Cranmer, Chappell; Wiessner, Fritz (1940).
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1548:Kauffman & Putnam supply the full text.
1539:Kauffman & Putnam supply the full text.
1426:favorable. See also Cranmer & Wiessner.
216:at 22,000 feet (6,700 m) (named after
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3299:Falvey, Pat; Sherpa, Pemba Gyalje (2013).
1561:, a British alpinist and president of the
952:Wiessner to Camp VII and return to Camp II
471:on March 29, 1939. He was there told that
3353:– report of first (1938) expedition to K2
753:cache (site vulnerable to falling rocks)
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39:1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2
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614:(15,092 feet (4,600 m)) where the
601:at 11,500 feet (3,500 m). Passing
310:1939 expedition starts at 11:55 minutes
296:1939 expedition starts at 04:13 minutes
3263:. American Alpine Club. Archived from
3064:"The Second American Expedition to K2"
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2516:"K2, discovery of Dudley Wolfe's body"
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3077:"Chapter 7. Neither Saint nor Sinner"
2965:from the original on October 28, 2018
2927:from the original on October 28, 2018
2848:from the original on October 28, 2018
2834:"Book Reviews: K-2, The 1939 Tragedy"
2786:from the original on October 28, 2018
2755:from the original on October 28, 2018
2530:from the original on October 29, 2018
2483:from the original on October 29, 2018
1338:Kenneth Hadow was the grandnephew of
823:plateau above Ridge and ice traverse
193:British–American Himalayan Expedition
7:
3081:K2: The Story Of The Savage Mountain
2364:
1154:any arguments. They rafted down the
160:American Alpine Club 1938 expedition
86:, as well as with Wiessner himself.
53:, the leader of the expedition, and
3330:from the original on March 10, 2018
2807:, publisher's blurb on dust jacket.
2780:publications.americanalpineclub.org
1223:Groth's September 13 report to the
235:In 1932 he joined an expedition to
3627:Expeditions from the United States
3318:Horrell, Mark (October 21, 2015).
1316:An annotated image is viewable at
857:south of summit cliffs, below the
14:
2471:Tremlett, Giles (July 19, 2002).
986:Activities during summit attempts
806:base of Black Tower (or pyramid)
195:of 1936 which reached the top of
117:leading to right skyline (photo
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3055:The video is hosted on Vimeo at
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961:Wiessner and Wolfe to Camp VIII
645:Locations of camps on mountain
524:At that time the road ended at
259:Preparation for 1939 expedition
3128:. W. W. Norton & Company.
3075:Curran, Jim (April 11, 2013).
3038:Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
2215:Wiessner & Grassler (1956)
2161:, pp. 103, 107, 111, 116.
1377:Also called the Black Pyramid.
1344:First ascent of the Matterhorn
1318:commons:File:K2 sella 1909.jpg
293:Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
47:1938 reconnaissance expedition
1:
3189:(ebook). New York: Broadway.
3151:. Seattle, WA: Mountaineers.
2998:, pp. 103, 111–113, 159.
2984:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
2696:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
2266:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
2254:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
2242:Cranmer & Wiessner (1940)
1863:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
1824:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
1696:Viesturs & Roberts (2009)
403:, and the other Sherpas were
3207:Quest For K2 Savage Mountain
3008:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2996:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2946:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
2903:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2891:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2879:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2867:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2832:Houston, Charles S. (1993).
2817:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2805:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2732:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2720:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2708:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
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2633:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2621:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
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2585:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2573:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2561:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2502:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2452:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
2440:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
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2416:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2404:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
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2317:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2305:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2293:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2281:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
2227:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
2200:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
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2063:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2051:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2039:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
2027:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2012:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
2000:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1988:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1976:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1964:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1952:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1940:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1928:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1880:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1851:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1812:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1800:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1788:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
1771:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1744:Isserman & Weaver (2008)
1732:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1684:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1672:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1660:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1648:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
1636:Kauffman & Putnam (1992)
562:they went northwest and, at
499:Srinagar and Vale of Kashmir
307:Quest For K2 Savage Mountain
3360:; Bates, Robert H. (1954).
2915:Putnam, William L. (2011).
2774:Putnam, William L. (2003).
1720:Vogel & Aaronson (2000)
1597:, a founding member of the
1060:Sherpas at Camps VI and VII
3658:
3585:K2: Siren of the Himalayas
3343:House, William P. (1939).
3057:https://vimeo.com/54661540
227:
163:
3475:
3324:Footsteps on the Mountain
3122:Jordan, Jennifer (2010).
2514:Griffin, Lindsay (2003).
1990:, pp. 58, 66–74, 80.
1181:Repercussions in Srinagar
644:
409:1936 ascent of Nanda Devi
300:
286:
272:
3525:Disasters and fatalities
3444:Topography and landmarks
2921:The American Alpine Club
2893:, pp. 13, 153, 185.
2749:The American Alpine Club
2674:, pp. 141–143, 150.
2173:, pp. 103–106, 111.
1601:and first editor of the
1073:At Base Camp and Camp II
721:sheltered spot on Ridge
3362:K2, the Savage Mountain
3349:American Alpine Journal
3280:Conefrey, Mick (2015).
3068:American Alpine Journal
3035:Conefrey, Mick (2001).
2838:American Alpine Journal
2722:, pp. 12, 144–153.
2520:American Alpine Journal
589:Baltoro Glacier (photo
146:second highest mountain
3563:List of books about K2
1218:
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605:to the north and then
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267:History of climbing K2
122:
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3392:35.88250°N 76.51333°E
3366:(primarily about the
3143:Kauffman, Andrew J.;
1814:, pp. 36–44, 59.
1225:US Secretary of State
1204:US Secretary of State
1117:Second rescue attempt
1031:, later known as the
737:dumping area near II
684:Godwin-Austen Glacier
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616:Godwin-Austen Glacier
588:
519:
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384:, Roger Whitney, and
353:French Foreign Legion
109:
27:Godwin-Austen Glacier
24:
3547:List of deaths on K2
3284:. London: Oneworld.
3149:K2: The 1939 Tragedy
3045:on February 14, 2019
2917:"A Great Many Years"
2734:, pp. 143, 153.
2551:, p. 16–18,220.
1137:Third rescue attempt
1108:First rescue attempt
931:expedition's costs.
917:Progress up mountain
172:American Alpine Club
3388: /
3358:Houston, Charles S.
2959:"About the Journal"
2905:, pp. 144–153.
2881:, pp. 204–205.
2662:, pp. 187–194.
2623:, pp. 195–201.
2599:, pp. 136–141.
2587:, pp. 136–137.
2575:, pp. 134–137.
2504:, pp. 132–133.
2442:, pp. 129–132.
2430:, pp. 128–129.
2418:, pp. 125–128.
2406:, pp. 122–124.
2394:, pp. 122–123.
2379:, pp. 119–121.
2355:, pp. 103–111.
2343:, pp. 112–114.
2331:, pp. 106–110.
2319:, pp. 106–107.
2307:, pp. 112–113.
2229:, pp. 218–219.
2202:, pp. 116–119.
2185:, pp. 173–180.
2149:, pp. 104–105.
2125:, pp. 100–102.
902:summit not reached
638:Abruzzi Ridge route
280:Television programs
185:Department of State
150:Duke of the Abruzzi
3456:Bottleneck couloir
3397:35.88250; 76.51333
3368:1953 K2 expedition
3224:General references
3145:Putnam, William L.
2961:. Himalayan Club.
2137:, pp. 97–103.
1966:, pp. 19, 57.
1168:. On August 27 at
1165:The Times of India
1146:Return to Srinagar
840:hollow on plateau
640:
595:
566:, east beside the
522:
458:
382:Sterling Hendricks
123:
35:
3609:
3608:
3465:The Black Pyramid
3310:978-1-84717-643-1
3291:978-1-78074-595-4
3267:on August 5, 2021
3196:978-0-7679-3261-5
3177:978-1-84468-702-2
3158:978-0-89886-323-9
3135:978-0-393-07778-0
3114:978-0-300-11501-7
3099:Isserman, Maurice
3090:978-1-4447-7835-9
2745:"Past Presidents"
2686:, pp. 60–77.
2113:, pp. 96–97.
2101:, pp. 91–95.
2089:, pp. 84–91.
2077:, pp. 84–87.
2053:, pp. 80–83.
2029:, pp. 75–79.
1978:, pp. 57–66.
1954:, pp. 51–56.
1930:, pp. 45–50.
1882:, pp. 46–47.
1865:, p. 86,114.
1841:, pp. 86–87.
1802:, pp. 40–41.
1773:, pp. 36–44.
1686:, pp. 23–33.
1674:, pp. 26–27.
1662:, pp. 25–27.
1650:, pp. 23–24.
1638:, pp. 18–22.
1604:Himalayan Journal
1250:Later controversy
1236:Return to America
1210:Wiessner's report
911:eight-thousanders
906:
905:
770:Red Rocks, below
464:where he boarded
339:Dartmouth College
314:
313:
174:'s 1937 meeting,
138:Republic of China
3649:
3542:2008 K2 disaster
3537:1995 K2 disaster
3532:1986 K2 disaster
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1192:British Resident
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1103:Search for Wolfe
1051:
1022:
863:the "Bottleneck"
642:
545:and crossed the
468:Conte Biancamano
450:Conte Biancamano
405:Pasang Dawa Lama
355:too late in the
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249:Mount Waddington
55:Pasang Dawa Lama
45:, following the
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629:
621:pulmonary edema
599:Baltoro Glacier
514:
501:
493:Vale of Kashmir
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176:Charlie Houston
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11:
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3600:Vertical Limit
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3371:
3364:. McGraw Hill.
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3119:
3113:
3095:
3089:
3072:
3059:
3030:
3027:
3025:
3024:
3022:, p. 105.
3012:
3000:
2988:
2986:, p. 150.
2976:
2950:
2948:, p. 221.
2938:
2907:
2895:
2883:
2871:
2869:, p. 186.
2859:
2821:
2809:
2797:
2766:
2736:
2724:
2712:
2710:, p. 205.
2700:
2698:, p. 151.
2688:
2676:
2664:
2649:
2637:
2625:
2613:
2601:
2589:
2577:
2565:
2563:, p. 134.
2553:
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2420:
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2381:
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2297:
2295:, p. 112.
2285:
2283:, p. 219.
2270:
2268:, p. 131.
2258:
2256:, p. 130.
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2043:
2041:, p. 217.
2031:
2016:
2004:
1992:
1980:
1968:
1956:
1944:
1932:
1920:
1908:
1906:, p. 115.
1896:
1884:
1867:
1855:
1843:
1828:
1826:, p. 111.
1816:
1804:
1792:
1790:, p. 216.
1775:
1760:
1748:
1746:, p. 215.
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1625:
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1614:
1613:
1599:Himalayan Club
1586:
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1563:Himalayan Club
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1331:
1322:
1309:
1301:Vittorio Sella
1286:
1285:
1283:
1280:
1267:William Putnam
1251:
1248:
1243:New York Times
1237:
1234:
1220:
1219:Groth's report
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1147:
1144:
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1084:
1074:
1071:
1061:
1058:
1047:
1014:
996:
993:
987:
984:
979:cerebral edema
973:together with
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627:Line of ascent
625:
513:
512:Approach to K2
510:
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497:
473:Vittorio Sella
456:, 1939 or 1940
441:
438:
416:
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386:Alfred Lindley
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230:Fritz Wiessner
228:Main article:
225:
224:Fritz Wiessner
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180:Fritz Wiessner
164:Main article:
161:
158:
144:range and the
132:of India (now
103:
100:
98:
95:
51:Fritz Wiessner
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13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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3632:1939 in India
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3512:
3511:
3510:
3507:
3505:
3504:1953 American
3502:
3500:
3499:1939 American
3497:
3495:
3494:1938 American
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3044:
3040:
3039:
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3032:
3028:
3021:
3020:Curran (2013)
3016:
3013:
3010:, p. 11.
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2863:
2860:
2847:
2843:
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2826:
2822:
2819:, p. 12.
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2550:
2549:Jordan (2010)
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2013:
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1917:
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378:Adams Carter
349:Dudley Wolfe
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317:Team members
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253:Nanga Parbat
237:Nanga Parbat
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67:Dudley Wolfe
38:
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18:
3594:(2012 film)
3514:controversy
3487:Expeditions
3395: /
3334:December 7,
3271:October 24,
3214:October 24,
3029:Works cited
2969:October 24,
2931:October 23,
2852:October 24,
2790:October 23,
2759:October 23,
2534:October 24,
2487:October 24,
2456:pp. 220–221
2365:Sale (2011)
1350:expedition.
1005:bergschrund
547:Indus River
241:Willy Merkl
130:British Raj
3616:Categories
3592:The Summit
3383:76°30′48″E
3380:35°52′57″N
3351:: 229–254.
3241:Appalachia
1619:References
1299:Note that
1256:Appalachia
922:To Camp IV
607:Masherbrum
537:pass into
506:Darjeeling
485:Rawalpindi
440:Voyage out
430:carabiners
374:Bill House
245:Bill House
218:Bill House
197:Nanda Devi
136:) and the
97:Background
3642:Karakoram
3345:"K2—1938"
1624:Citations
1593:Likewise
1170:Bandipora
1056:Camp IX.
975:pulmonary
666:Location
612:Concordia
551:Karokoram
549:into the
539:Baltistan
415:Equipment
357:Great War
142:Karakoram
113:with the
89:In 1961,
3556:In media
3328:Archived
3247:: 60–77.
3147:(1992).
2963:Archived
2925:Archived
2846:Archived
2784:Archived
2753:Archived
2528:Archived
2481:Archived
1575:cleared.
1273:In 1961
1200:Calcutta
1050:Wiessner
1048:—
1015:—
658:Altitude
653:Altitude
610:reached
533:and the
531:Sonamarg
489:Srinagar
434:crampons
422:pemmican
393:Srinagar
331:en route
134:Pakistan
25:K2 from
3070:: 9–19.
1521:oxygen.
1196:Kashmir
1029:couloir
971:hypoxia
859:couloir
854:assault
837:assault
578:of the
535:Zoji La
491:in the
454:Massawa
370:Bavaria
239:led by
170:At the
71:Sherpas
29:(photo
3579:(film)
3307:
3288:
3193:
3174:
3155:
3132:
3111:
3087:
1188:
1160:Gurais
893:28,251
890:Summit
874:27,450
848:26,050
831:25,300
814:24,700
797:23,400
781:22,000
761:21,500
745:20,700
729:20,000
712:19,300
693:18,600
674:16,500
663:Status
660:metres
572:Askole
560:Shigar
543:Skardu
481:Bombay
477:Naples
426:pitons
401:sirdar
343:Tetons
1282:Notes
939:Storm
871:point
820:major
803:major
767:major
718:major
680:major
593:1909)
591:Sella
576:snout
526:Wayil
462:Genoa
361:Maine
121:1909)
119:Sella
33:1909)
31:Sella
3336:2018
3305:ISBN
3286:ISBN
3273:2018
3216:2018
3191:ISBN
3172:ISBN
3153:ISBN
3130:ISBN
3109:ISBN
3085:ISBN
3051:2019
2971:2018
2933:2018
2854:2018
2792:2018
2761:2018
2536:2018
2489:2018
1303:was
1265:and
1194:for
1186:D.M.
896:8611
882:camp
877:8370
869:high
851:7940
834:7711
828:VIII
817:7529
800:7130
784:6705
764:6553
748:6310
732:6096
715:5882
696:5670
677:5030
671:Base
655:feet
650:Camp
564:Dasu
432:and
399:was
324:US$
178:and
37:The
1305:not
977:or
811:VII
742:III
726:IIA
466:SS
448:SS
3618::
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