List of Deaths On Eight-thousanders - K2

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Date Name Nationality Cause of Death References
6 February 2012 Vitaliy Gorelik Russia Frostbite, Cardiac Insufficiency
6 August 2010 Fredrik "Frippe" Ericsson Sweden Fall
17 July 2010 Petar Georgiev Unzhiev Bulgaria Altitude sickness
23 June 2009 Michele Fait Italy Fall with skis
2 August 2008 Dong-Jin Hwang South Korea Fourth serac fall
2 August 2008 Kyeong-Hyo Park South Korea Fourth serac fall
2 August 2008 Hyo-Gyung Kim South Korea Fourth serac fall
2 August 2008 Mehrban Karim Pakistan second or third serac fall
2 August 2008 Hugues d'Aubarede France Fall during descent
2 August 2008 Gerard McDonnell Ireland second or third serac fall
1 August 2008 Pasang Bhote Nepal Fourth serac fall
1 August 2008 Jumic Bhote Nepal Fourth serac fall
1 August 2008 Rolf Bae Norway First serac fall
1 August 2008 Jahan Baig Pakistan Fall
1 August 2008 Dren Mandić Serbia Fall
20 July 2007 Stefano Zavka Italy Lost
20 July 2007 Nima Nurbu Nepal Fall from bottle neck
13 August 2006 Arkadi Kuvakin Russia Avalanche
13 August 2006 Aleksandr Foigt Russia Avalanche
13 August 2006 Piotr Kuznetsov Russia Avalanche
13 August 2006 Yuri Uteshev Russia Avalanche
19 August 2004 Manel de la Mata Spain Pulmonary edema
2 August 2004 Dauoud Khadem Asl Iran Lost in storm
2 August 2004 Sergei Sokolov Russia Lost in storm
29 July 2004 Aleksandr Gubaev Kyrgyzstan Lost in storm
8 June 2004 Kyong-Kyu Pae South Korea Avalanche
8 June 2004 Jae-Young Kim South Korea Avalanche
8 June 2004 Hwa-Hyeung Lee South Korea Avalanche
21 July 2003 Klaus-Dieter Grohs Germany Fall
22 July 2002 Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan Fall
13 July 2002 Sher Ajman Pakistan Avalanche
22 July 2001 Young-Do Park South Korea Fall
10 July 1999 Mihai Cioroianu Romania Hit by rockfall
14 August 1996 Igor Benkin Russia Unknown (disappeared). Probably exhaustion, hypoxia
29 July 1996 Lorenzo Mazzoleni Italy Fall
15 August 1995 Jeff Lakes Canada Exhaustion
13 August 1995 Bruce Grant New Zealand Killed in a storm
13 August 1995 Rob Slater United States Killed in a storm
13 August 1995 Alison Hargreaves United Kingdom Killed in a storm
13 August 1995 Javier Escartin Spain Killed in a storm
13 August 1995 Javier Olivar Spain Killed in a storm
13 August 1995 Lorenzo Ortiz Spain Killed in a storm
6 July 1995 Jordi Anglès Spain Fall
11 August 1994 Juan Antonio "Atxo" Apellániz Spain Exhaustion
24 July 1994 Steve Untch United States Fall, broken rope
10 July 1994 Dmitri Ibragim-Zade Ukraine Killed in a storm
10 July 1994 Aleksandr Parkhomenko Ukraine Killed in a storm
10 July 1994 Aleksei Kharaldin Ukraine Killed in a storm
31 July 1993 Daniel Bidner Sweden Altitude sickness, Fall
30 July 1993 Reinmar Joswig Germany Lost
30 July 1993 Peter Mezger Germany Lost
7 July 1993 Dan Culver Canada Fall
17 June 1993 Boštjan Kekec Slovenia Altitude sickness
14 August 1992 Adrián Benítez Mexico Fall
28 July 1989 Hans Bärnthaler Austria Windslab Avalanche (E face) nearby peak
24 August 1987 Akira Suzuki Japan Fall
10 August 1986 Dobrosława "Mrówka" Miodowicz-Wolf Poland Altitude sickness
10 August 1986 Alfred Imitzer Austria Altitude sickness
10 August 1986 Hannes Wieser Austria Altitude sickness
10 August 1986 Alan Rouse United Kingdom Altitude sickness
7 August 1986 Julie Tullis United Kingdom Altitude sickness
4 August 1986 Muhammed Ali Pakistan Stonefall
3 August 1986 Wojciech Wróż Poland Fall
16 July 1986 Renato Casarotto Italy Fall into crevasse
10 July 1986 Tadeusz Piotrowski Poland Fall
24 June 1986 Maurice Barrard France Lost
24 June 1986 Liliane Barrard France Lost
21 June 1986 John Smolich United States Avalanche
21 June 1986 Alan Pennington United States Avalanche
7 July 1985 Daniel Lacroix France Unknown (disappeared)
15 August 1982 Yukihiro Yanagisawa Japan Fall
30 July 1982 Halina Krüger-Syrokomska Poland Stroke
19 August 1979 Laskhar Khan Pakistan Stroke
9 June 1979 Ali, Son of Kazim Pakistan Fall into crevasse
12 June 1978 Nick Estcourt United Kingdom Avalanche
21 June 1954 Mario Puchoz Italy Pneumonia
10 August 1953 Art Gilkey United States Avalanche
31 July 1939 Pasang Kikuli Nepal Disappearance
31 July 1939 Pasang Kitar Nepal Disappearance
31 July 1939 Pintso Nepal Disappearance
30 July 1939 Dudley Wolfe United States Altitude sickness and severe dehydration

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