The Abandonment of Gerard McDonnell
One month ago, I wrote “Heroes in Fine-print”, which highlighted the actions of two Sherpas who were involved in rescuing several survivors of the K2 tragedy. In subsequent interviews with them, some new information has come to light that should be reported as part of the ongoing effort to find out precisely what happened. The [...]
Heroes in Fine Print
“On the mountain there were no heroes,” K2 survivor Cas van de Gevel was recently quoted as saying in Outside Magazine, ” just an unspoken agreement that you help as much as you can.”
Outside and Men’s Journal recently published feature length pieces on the K2 disaster. Both stories lead with the tale of three European [...]
K2: What The Mainstream Media Isn’t Reporting
The media frenzy surrounding the recent tragedies on K2 climaxed on Wednesday with a front page article in the New York Times. Though disjointed, the article did sketch out the rough facts that by now have been widely reported in the mainstream news. Roughly thirty people left the high camp in the predawn hours on [...]
Avalanche Triggers Survival Situation on K2
This morning, news reports began to filter from expedition websites into the mainstream media about a tragic situation high on K2, the world’s second highest mountain. Because of the unreliable nature of these second and third hand reports, it must be stressed that the following account is unconfirmed, and the story will undoubtedly change as [...]
