Female record climber dies on K2

Title

Female record climber dies on K2

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:01:11

Description

Interviews with Cally Fleming, a family friend, and husband Jim Ballard, about the death of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves in an avalanche during an attempt on the world’s second highest mountain, K2 in Pakistan.

Contributors

Jim Ballard; Cally Fleming

Keywords

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

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