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  • Of course it would have been impossible. One in four climbers on K2 does not make it back. This is a non-story, as tragic as the loss of life may be. 25% mortality rate. You have better odds rolling a die for your life. Punintended.

    (I’m not saying they shouldn’t have stopped to help; only that the likelihood of him surviving was near-zero.)

    DEATHS ON K2

    K2 is considered one of the most difficult climbs. For every four climbers attempting to summit K2, one climber dies. In comparison one in every 20 attempting to climb Mount Everest dies. As of June 2018, only 367 people have completed the ascent of K2 and 86 had died trying. As of 1995 113 people reached the summit of K2 and 48 died. In 1995 seven people were killed in brutal storm that raged for nine days. Thirty kilometers away a rock climber froze to death in a hanging tent. In August 2008, eleven climbers died over two days (See Below), In a 1953 attempt, Art Gilkey was killed, either in an avalanche or in a deliberate attempt to avoid burdening his companions.












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    In galleries of old, where art doth rest, A tale of manhood, modest at best. In marble and canvas, the tale is told, Of a small appendage, brave and bold.

    Through the lens of the Renaissance gaze, In the softest light of the morning haze, A symbol of virtue, of power restrained, In the smallest form, manhood is gained.

    Not the boast of the braggart, nor the warrior’s might, But a subtle whisper in the quiet night. In the artist’s hand, a truth unfolds, A tale of modesty, in the tales of old.

    In the eyes of the beholder, a lesson learned, Not in size, but in virtue earned. Dulce et decorum, the old ones say, To bear one’s self in a modest way.

    So gaze upon the art of yore, And see the truth at its very core. In the smallest form, a tale is spun, Of the quiet strength in every one.