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nytimes.com/2021/01/19/sports/summit-k2-nepalese-sherpas.html#:~:text=Even%20a%20successful%20spring%20or,have%20stood%20on%20its%20summit.&text=There%20had%20been%20six%20prior,failed%20Polish%20expedition%20in%202018.

britannica.com/place/Karakoram-Range

nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/151213-k2-adventure-mountain-climb-china-pakistan-disaster-ngbooktalk?loggedin=true

climbing.com/places/k2-worlds-second-highest-mountain

alanarnette.com/blog/2022/07/22/k2-summer-2022-k2-summit-sonic-boom

nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/151213-k2-adventure-mountain-climb-china-pakistan-disaster-ngbooktalk?loggedin=true

archive.org/details/magicklifebiogra0000boot/page/149/mode/2up

https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Ghosts_of_K2/Ch69DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

Conefrey, M. (2016). Ghosts of K2: The Race for the Summit of the World's Most Deadly Mountain. United Kingdom: Oneworld Publications. (Chapters 1 - 2 were used to create the section - More Futile Attempts)// (Chapters 10 - 11 were used to create the section 1954 Italian Expedition)

archive.org/details/karakoramwestern00defiuoft/page/n7/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater

archive.org/details/k21939tragedythe0000kauf/page/130/mode/2up

muchbetteradventures.com/magazine/from-the-history-books-the-infamous-first-ascent-of-k2-31-july-1954

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Ch69DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ghosts+of+k2&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfv_iG05OEAxWpYEEAHVSLBgAQ6AF6BAgMEAI

archive.org/details/fallengiantshist00isse

https://www.smh.com.au/national/controversy-dogged-k2-conquest-20090531-brlb.html

archive.org/details/k2storyofsavagem0000curr/page/184/mode/2up

web.archive.org/web/20090217233348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7539543.stm

independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/death-or-glory-the-truth-about-k2-909516.html

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