Female record climber dies on K2

Title

Female record climber dies on K2

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:56

Description

Chris Kirkham reports that it seems increasingly likely that Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest alone and without oxygen has died in an avalanche on the world’s second highest mountain, K2. Includes archive clip of Alison on her descent from Everest; climber Chris Bonington and Hamish McInnes on difficulties of K2; friend Cathy Fleming; Islamabad correspondent Alistair Lyon; and husband Jim Ballard.

Contributors

Chris Kirkham; Chris Bonington; Hamish McInnes; Cathy Fleming; Jim Ballard; Alistair Lyon

Keywords

Deaths; Mountaineering expeditions; Mount Everest; Mountaineers; K2; Mountaineering accidents; Avalanches; Alison Hargreaves

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