Gilkey Memorial
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Memorial in Pakistan
The Gilkey Memorial is a memorial and cenotaph for those who have died while climbing K2. The memorial is named after Art Gilkey who died on the mountain in 1953.[1] [2] [3]
The memorial is a stone cairn covered with metal plaques. Each plaque is inscribed with details about the dead climber, such as when they went missing or were found dead.[2]
A plaque was added for Dudley Wolfe, the American climber who had died on the mountain during the 1939 American expedition after his remains were found in 2002.[4] [5]
References
[edit ]- ^ Bowley, Graham (13 January 2010). "K2: A Trek to Danger's Doorstep (Published 2010)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ a b O'Brien, Vanessa (30 August 2016). "Remembering Those Lost on the Savage Mountain". Adventure Journal.
- ^ Eqbal, Vasiq (30 October 2016). "Trekking: Honouring the fallen". DAWN.COM.
- ^ Jordan, Jennifer (2010). The last man on the mountain : the death of an American adventurer on K2 . W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 16–19, 278. ISBN 9780393077780.
- ^ Tremlett, Giles (July 19, 2002). "Melting snows shed new light on K2's great mystery". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
