Geography Goof-up
Rudy, Rudy. I would think your
knowledge of geography would be a little
more accurate. In your interview with
Rick Ridgeway, you say he summited K2
which is located in Nepal. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Nepal has Everest, Machhapuchhare,
Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Himalchuli,
Kangchenjunga, Annapurna, Ama
Dablam, Jannu, Gaurishankar, Ganesh
Himal and many more, but, alas, it does
not have K2.
K2 straddles the border between China
and Jammu and Kashmir in a territory
currently claimed by Pakistan. Its
name is derived from the fact that it is
the second peak (of 35) in the
Karakorum Range of the western
Himalayas. In 1861 the mountain gained
its other well-known (though
unofficial) name: Mount Godwin-Austen.
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, a
British soldier and topographer, was the
second European to visit the area and
research the mountain. Many local
names are also used to identify the peak,
including Chogori, Lambha Pahar,
Dapsang, and Kechu (K2).
-Narayan
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