[Elecraft] features of the mythical K3

Thomas Beaudry [email protected]
Thu Aug 28 03:47:00 2003


>> Mt Everest is K1.  I cannot remember the name of K2 because the
>> literature I've read on mountain climbing refers to it as K2.
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> Thanks, Kevin.  I googled "K2 mountain" and found this:
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> "K2 or Mt. Austin Godwin"
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> "K2 peak, locally known by the name of "Chogo Ri", which means "The
> Great Mountain", 8,611m, is the 2nd highest mountain in the world."
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> "With no simple routes, K2 is known as the finest and most dangerous
> mountain in the world. "
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> OK, I'm suitably impressed.

Ok, maybe I'm mistaken but I remember Wayne saying the mountain 
reference for K2 was purely accidental.  That they did NOT want to name 
it after a mountain to be different.

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Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
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