Template:Did you know nominations/1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:51, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2

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K2 from Godwin-Austen Glacier

... that on the 1939 American K2 expedition, Dudley Wolfe and three Sherpas died high on the mountain (K2 pictured) after the Sherpas had climbed from base camp to rescue Wolfe but he would not come down?
Source: "the rest of the team members ... had retreated back to the bottom of the mountain. Wolfe spent a further week high up the mountain on his own before a rescue team of sherpas reached him. He told them he could not start the climb down that day ... Neither Wolfe nor the three sherpas were seen again."[1], or Isserman & Weaver (2008), pp. 220–221[2][3]
- ALT1:... on the 1939 American K2 expedition, Dudley Wolfe died high on the mountain (K2 pictured) after his companions went down without him? Source: same as above.
- ALT2:... that on the 1939 American K2 expedition, Dudley Wolfe and three Sherpas died stranded high on K2 (pictured)? Source: same as above.

Reviewed: Renate Behle [4]
Comment: Article created in my userspace on June 12, 2018, moved to mainspace on October 28.[5]

Created by Thincat (talk). Self-nominated at 15:21, 1 November 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good to go. I prefer the ALT0 hook, followed closely by the ALT1. The ALT2 hook isn't as captivating. Sounder Bruce 05:44, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Thank you for taking this on. The article took me months to write and even to review it would have been quite an undertaking. For what it's worth, I agree with your comments about the hooks. Thincat (talk) 10:19, 6 November 2018 (UTC)