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K2 Fatalities

No. Name   S Nationality Date Exp. Route Location Cause
1 Dudley Wolfe     American Jul 30, 1939 American SE ridge Camp VII , 7550 m probably altitude-sickness,exhaustion
2 Pasang Kikuli     Nepalese Sherpa Jul 31, 1939 American SE ridge between Camp VI and VII disappeared
3 Pasang Kitar     Nepalese Sherpa Jul 31, 1939 American SE ridge between Camp VI and VII disappeared
4 Pintso     Nepalese Sherpa Jul 31, 1939 American SE ridge between Camp VI and VII disappeared
5 Arthur Gilkey     American Aug 10, 1953 American SE ridge near Camp VII (7450 m) avalanche
6 Mario Puchoz     Italian Jun 21, 1954 Italian SE ridge Camp II (5900 m) pneumonia
7 Nicholas J. Estcourt     British Jun 12, 1978 British W ridge near Camp II avalanche
8 Ali, Son of Kazim     Pakistani Jun 9, 1979 International SE ridge Savoia glacier fall into crevasse
9 Laskhar Khan     Pakistani Aug 19, 1979 French SSW ridge between Camp III and IV stroke
10 Halina Krüger-Syrokomska   f Polish Jul 30, 1982 Polish SE ridge Camp II (6700 m) stroke
11 Yukihiro Yanagisawa     Japanese Aug 15, 1982 Japanese N ridge during descent fall
12 Daniel Lacroix     French Jul 7, 1985 French SE ridge during descent disappeared
13 Alan Pennington     American Jun 21, 1986 American SSW ridge at about 6000 m avalanche
14 John Smolich     American Jun 21, 1986 American SSW ridge at about 6000 m avalanche
15 Liliane Barrard     f French Jun 24, 1986 French SE ridge during descent fall
16 Maurice Barrard     French Jun 24, 1986 French SE ridge during descent disappeared
17 Tadeusz Piotrowski     Polish Jul 10, 1986 International S face during descent fall
18 Renato Casarotto     Italian Jul 16, 1986 Italian/Spanish Basque SSW ridge at about 5100 m fall into crevasse
19 Wojciech Wróź     Polish Aug 3, 1986 Polish SSW ridge during descent fall
20 Mohammad Ali     Pakistani Aug 4, 1986 South Korean SE ridge near Camp I hit by rockfall
21 Julie Tullis     f British Aug 7, 1986 International SE ridge Camp IV (8000 m) probably altitude-sickness,exhaustion
22 Alan Rouse     British Aug 10, 1986 British SE ridge Camp IV (8000 m) probably altitude-sickness,exhaustion
23 Alfred Imitzer     Austrian Aug 10, 1986 Austrian SE ridge below Camp IV probably altitude-sickness,exhaustion
24 Hannes Wieser     Austrian Aug 10, 1986 Austrian SE ridge below Camp IV probably altitude-sickness,exhaustion
25 Dobrosława Miodowicz-Wolf    f Polish Aug 10, 1986 Polish SE ridge between Camp II and III unknown
26 Akira Suzuki     Japanese Aug 24, 1987 Japanese/Pakistani SE ridge about 8200 m fall
27 Hans Bärnthaler     Austrian Jul 28, 1989 Austrian E face nearby peak windslab avalanche
28 Adrián Benítez