Jack Durrance 1939 K2 Expedition Slides

Collection Metadata

Title

Jack Durrance 1939 K2 Expedition Slides

Rights

Copyright American Alpine Club

Subject

K2 (Pakistan : Mountain)
Mountaineering expeditions
Mountaineering

Creator

Jack Durrance

Is Part Of

1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2

Format

jpg

Extent

17 items

Date

1939

Rights Holder

American Alpine Club

Medium

Film

Collection Items

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Supplies, including an ice axe, a camp stove, a hobnail boot, a carton of instant coffee, a thermos and a backpack in the snow outside a tent, a snowy peak in the background

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Base layers laid out on rocks

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A man in a red plaid shirt sitting on a rock facing away from the camera, supplies and ice axes next to him, looking at K2

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A group of porters sitting together under a rock overhang

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Porters and mountaineers cooking and eating on the side of a steep slope among tents pitched onrocks

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Mountaineers making their way up a steep slope using rope, ice axes and ice steps

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Porters carrying supplies across a river

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A man wearing goggles with a camera hanging around his neck by the strap

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Three people carrying bags in a wooden pallett

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A man climbing a steep snowy slope
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