The 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2, more properly called the "First American Karakoram expedition", investigated several routes for reaching...

The 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 was the unsuccessful second attempt by American mountaineers to climb the then-unclimbed second-highest mountain...

The 1953 American Karakoram expedition was a mountaineering expedition to K2, at 8,611 metres the second highest mountain on Earth. It was the fifth expedition...

driven back by a storm. The next attempt on K2 was not made until 1938, when the First American Karakoram expedition, led by Charles Houston, made a reconnaissance...

the unsuccessful 1953 American Karakoram expedition who was returning from K2. On both the 1938 expedition and the 1953 expedition, Houston had climbed...

Abruzzi Spur), the most-used route to the summit of K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, in the Karakoram, on the border of Pakistan and China...

William Pendleton House (1913–1997) was an American climber who was a key member of the 1938 American K2 expedition. Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

to be airlifted out, enduring six days without a tent. Earlier in the season, Jordi Anglès died from a fall at K2. 1953 American Karakoram expedition...

The 1986 K2 disaster refers to a period from 6 August to 10 August 1986, when five mountaineers died on the eight-thousander K2, in the Karakoram during...

The Death of an American Adventurer on K2, 2010 1953 American Karakoram expedition - American - Houston Charles Houston and Bob Bates, K2, The Savage Mountain...

K2, 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), for the first time on the 1954 Italian expedition to K2 but for over fifty years the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition controversy...

8825; 76.5133 The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain...

climbed with were Bill House (who was a key member of the 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2), Elizabeth Woolsey and his brother William B. Willcox...

and was climbing with House (who was a key member of the 1938 American Karakoram expedition to K2) in Colorado in 1934. Then in 1936, a few months after...

(1995). K2: The Story of the Savage Mountain. Mountaineers. ISBN 0898864550. Carter, H. Adams (1975). "Balti Place Names in the Karakoram". American Alpine...

referred to as a German-American expedition, as the eight climbers included Rand Herron, an American, and Fritz Wiessner, who would become an American citizen...

Compagnoni (1914–2009) Italy, first ascent of K2 with Lino Lacedelli on the 1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 Kyra Condie (born 1996) US, member of the...

an American mountain climber who made many first ascents in the Canadian Rockies and was a member of the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2. Mount...

unsuccessful in reaching the summit, the Third American Karakoram Expedition is widely admired for their heroic efforts to work together in surviving under catastrophic...

various winter expeditions in the Himalayas, including K2, Nanga Parbat, and Meru with the buzz for the Everest 2019 beginning just 14 weeks to the weather...

on the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 in controversial circumstances. Dudley Wolfe was born in New York on February 6, 1896 to Dudley Wolfe...

In 1938, he was the leader of the first American Karakoram expedition to K2. Although he did not reach the summit, his party mapped a route to the top...

mountaineer, who made expeditions in Europe as well as in South America and Asia. Conway occupied several university positions and from 1918 to 1931 was a representative...

neighbour in the Himalayas, but it is about 120 miles (190 km) from K2 in the Karakoram, separated by the Indus River flowing 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) lower...

Everest. Fischer and Ed Viesturs were the first Americans to summit K2 (28,251 feet / 8611m), in the Karakoram of Pakistan, without supplemental oxygen. During...

(Burushaski: دومآنی, lit. 'Mother of Mist') is a mountain within the Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It is situated in the middle of...

assault on K2, which would rebound to his disadvantage.[citation needed] Bonatti was the youngest participant of the 1954 Italian expedition to K2 organized...

year. In 2001, Sharp went on an expedition to Gasherbrum II, an 8,035 m (26,362 ft) mountain located in the Karakoram, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan...

taken part in an expedition near the Karakoram mountain K2. The play is widely regarded as an allegory of Auden's own temptation to be a public figure;...

later sirdar for many Himalayan expeditions. He died on the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2, attempting to rescue a stranded climber. Pasang...