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2008 K2 disaster and List of deaths on eight-thousanders

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Difference between 2008 K2 disaster and List of deaths on eight-thousanders

2008 K2 disaster vs. List of deaths on eight-thousanders

The 2008 K2 disaster occurred on 1 August 2008, when 11 mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth. The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.

Similarities between 2008 K2 disaster and List of deaths on eight-thousanders

2008 K2 disaster and List of deaths on eight-thousanders have 15 things in common (in Unionpedia): Altitude sickness, Earth, Fredrik Ericsson, Ger McDonnell, Go Mi-young, Himalayas, K2, Karakoram, Mount Everest, Mountain, Mountain range, Mountaineering, Rolf Bae, Serac, 1986 K2 disaster.

Altitude sickness

Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a negative health effect of high altitude, caused by acute exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high altitude.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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Fredrik Ericsson

Fredrik Ericsson (14 March 1975 in Sundsvall, Sweden – 6 August 2010 at K2) was a Swedish mountaineer and extreme skier.

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Ger McDonnell

Gerard McDonnell (20 January 1971 – 2 August 2008), mountaineer and engineer, was the first Irish person to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth, in August 2008.

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Go Mi-young

Go Mi-young, (March 3, 1967 – July 11, 2009) was a South Korean female mountaineer.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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K2

K2 (کے ٹو), also known as Mount Godwin-Austen or Chhogori (Balti and چھوغوری),, at above sea level, is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest, at.

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Karakoram

The Karakoram, or Karakorum is a large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Rolf Bae

Rolf Bae (9 January 1975 – 1 August 2008) was a Norwegian Arctic adventurer and mountaineer.

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Serac

A serac (originally from Swiss French sérac) is a block or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier.

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1986 K2 disaster

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

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2008 K2 disaster and List of deaths on eight-thousanders Comparison

2008 K2 disaster has 60 relations, while List of deaths on eight-thousanders has 107. As they have in common 15, the Jaccard index is 8.98% = 15 / (60 + 107).

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