Gilkey Memorial

Gilkey Memorial in 2019

The Gilkey Memorial is a memorial and cenotaph for those who have died while climbing K2. The memorial is named after Art Gilkey who died on the mountain in 1953.^[1][2][3]

The memorial is a stone cairn covered with metal plaques. Each plaque is inscribed with details about the dead climber, such as when they went missing or were found dead.^[2]

A plaque was added for Dudley Wolfe, the American climber who had died on the mountain during the 1939 American expedition after his remains were found in 2002.^[4][5]

References

1. Bowley, Graham (13 January 2010). "K2: A Trek to Danger's Doorstep (Published 2010)" – via NYTimes.com.
2. O'Brien, Vanessa (30 August 2016). "Remembering Those Lost on the Savage Mountain". Adventure Journal.
3. Eqbal, Vasiq (30 October 2016). "Trekking: Honouring the fallen". DAWN.COM.
4. Jordan, Jennifer (2010). The last man on the mountain : the death of an American adventurer on K2. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 16–19, 278. ISBN 9780393077780.
5. Tremlett, Giles (July 19, 2002). "Melting snows shed new light on K2's great mystery". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.