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		<description>Life and Death on K2, by Graham Bowley</description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The summit of K2. Its sides are steep, even at the lower altitudes. On the ascent, there are tough sections like House’s Chimney and the Black Pyramid. Then, right near the summit, climbers have to ascend a steep ice gully called the Bottleneck and cross a horizontal ice face named the Traverse. All this while they are directly below a serac, a menacing ice cliff that protrudes over the edge of the mountain and through the years has occasionally crumbled, sending blocks of killer ice over the Traverse or down the Bottleneck. ]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The summit of K2. Its sides are steep, even at the lower altitudes. On the ascent, there are tough sections like House’s Chimney and the Black Pyramid. Then, right near the summit, climbers have to ascend a steep ice gully called the Bottleneck and cross a horizontal ice face named the Traverse. All this while they are directly below a serac, a menacing ice cliff that protrudes over the edge of the mountain and through the years has occasionally crumbled, sending blocks of killer ice over the Traverse or down the Bottleneck. ]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Planometric Map]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[K2 is in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan on the border with China. Many expeditions approach from the east along the Baltoro Glacier to Concordia and then north to Base Camp. From there, they spend weeks becoming used to the altitude and establishing successive camps up the two main routes to the summit. Thanks to Matt Ericson.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[K2 is in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan on the border with China. Many expeditions approach from the east along the Baltoro Glacier to Concordia and then north to Base Camp. From there, they spend weeks becoming used to the altitude and establishing successive camps up the two main routes to the summit. Thanks to Matt Ericson.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Altitude Map]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The two main routes up K2 -- the Abruzzi and Cesen -- meet at the Shoulder. Climbers must then ascend the Bottleneck, a narrow and treacherous gully beneath the serac, an overhanging cliff of ice, before the final approach across steep snowfields to the summit. Thanks to Mike Farris and Bruce Normand. ]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The two main routes up K2 -- the Abruzzi and Cesen -- meet at the Shoulder. Climbers must then ascend the Bottleneck, a narrow and treacherous gully beneath the serac, an overhanging cliff of ice, before the final approach across steep snowfields to the summit. Thanks to Mike Farris and Bruce Normand. ]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marco Confortola]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Italian climber Marco Confortola. He reached the summit late and was forced to spend the night of August 1 above the serac.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The Italian climber Marco Confortola. He reached the summit late and was forced to spend the night of August 1 above the serac.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dren Mandic]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Serbia climber Dren Mandic, shown in foreground at right, in one of the mess tents at K2 Base Camp in 2008. His colleague in the Serbian team, Predrag Zagorac, is at left. Mandic fell to his death among the crowds at the top of the Bottleneck on the morning of August 1st. (Predrag Zagorac)]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The Serbia climber Dren Mandic, shown in foreground at right, in one of the mess tents at K2 Base Camp in 2008. His colleague in the Serbian team, Predrag Zagorac, is at left. Mandic fell to his death among the crowds at the top of the Bottleneck on the morning of August 1st. (Predrag Zagorac)]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kim Jae-soo, leader of the South Korean Flying Jump team. (Karrar Haidri.)]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Kim Jae-soo, leader of the South Korean Flying Jump team. (Karrar Haidri.)]]></media:description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The leader of the South Korean Flying Jump team, Kim Jae-soo, and the team's star, Go Mi-sun. (Karrar Haidri.)]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[The leader of the South Korean Flying Jump team, Kim Jae-soo, and the team's star, Go Mi-sun. (Karrar Haidri.)]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Bottleneck]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Climbers grip fixed ropes to ascend the Bottleneck, a steep and dangerous gully, and then rest before crossing over toward the Traverse. At over 26,000 feet, the expeditions enter the so-called Death Zone, where balance, concentration, vision, and other human body functions break down rapidly under the searing effects of altitude. (Lars Flato Nessa)]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[The Bottleneck]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Climbers grip fixed ropes to ascend the Bottleneck, a steep and dangerous gully, and then rest before crossing over toward the Traverse. At over 26,000 feet, the expeditions enter the so-called Death Zone, where balance, concentration, vision, and other human body functions break down rapidly under the searing effects of altitude. (Lars Flato Nessa)]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Picture TwentyTwo]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Jumik Bhote in Nepal. (Virginia O'Leary.)]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Jumik Bhote in Nepal. (Virginia O'Leary.)]]></media:description>
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