Overview - K2, Traum und Schicksal

Date of release

Genres

  • Adventure
  • Documentary

Runtime: 60 minutes

Homepage: K2, Traum und Schicksal

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • Deutsch

Production companies

  • Name: Crest Movies

    Production country

Overview

Documentary about K2 tragedy of 1986. On August 4, 1986, Diemberger and Julie Tullis reached the summit of K2 very late in the day. Shortly after starting their descent, Tullis fell and dragged Diemberger down with her. Fortunately, they somehow stopped from going over the edge and spent the night above 8,000 metres. They managed to reach Camp IV the next day, where they were forced to share a tent with six other climbers after their tent had collapsed from hurricane force winds. Tullis died later that night, possibly from high altitude cerebral edema (HACE), and only one other climber, Austrian Willi Bauer, survived the descent with Diemberger. Both climbers suffered severe frostbite during the descent and had to have amputations.

Cast

  • Name: Kurt Diemberger

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.1718

    the profile picture of Kurt Diemberger
  • Name: Julie Tullis

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0631

    the profile picture of Julie Tullis