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Chogori

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Chogori 

(also Mt. Godwin Austen), the highest mountain peak in the Karakoram. Mt. Chogori rises to an elevation of 8,611 m, making it the second highest mountain in the world after Chomolungma (Mt. Everest). It is composed of granites and gneisses. The Baltoro Glacier lies along the southern slope. The mountain was first ascended in 1954 by the Italians L. Lacedelli and A. Compagnoni.
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K2, known in the local language as Chogori or King of Mountains, has a ratio of climbers to deaths of 27 per cent, three times that of Mount Everest.
Mountain disaster by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
A Pakistani sherpa is also believed to have died last Friday while another Serbian was killed in a fall ascending the peak - real name Chogori - in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan-China border.
K2 KILLS 9; Irish ace missing after avalanche by The Mirror (London, England)
K2, known in the local language as Chogori or King of Mountains, has a ratio of climbers to deaths of 27 percent, three times that of Everest.
At least seven climbers die on K2: tour operators by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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