11 deaths make worst climbing incident since 1986
(NEWSER) - This weekend’s disaster on K2, in which 11 climbers lost their lives on the world’s second-highest peak, was one of the climbing’s greatest tragedies. Though “the weather was perfect” when climbers set off Friday, the New York Times takes a look at how the treacherous slopes, a collapsing glacier, and some poor decisions combined to exact terrible consequences at the peak of “the mountain that invites death.” More»
