FACTBOX: World's deadliest mountaineering disasters

(Reuters) - At least nine people have died climbing K-2, the world's second highest mountain. Most of the deaths resulted from an ice fall close to the summit of the 8,611 meter (28,250 foot) peak that swept some climbers to their death.

Here is a list of some of the world's worst mountaineering disasters of recent decades:

Nov 9, 1972 - Fourteen mountaineers, mostly Koreans, were killed by avalanches on Mount Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak at 8,163 meters (26,775 feet).

July 17, 1990 - An avalanche swept 40 climbers from five countries to their deaths. The victims -- 27 Soviet climbers, six Czechs, four Israelis, two Swiss and one Spaniard -- were camped some 6,000 meters (19,500 feet) up in the Pamir mountains in Central Asia.

Nov 13, 1994 - Eleven German, Swiss and Nepali climbers were killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Pisang, a 6,091 meter (19,984 feet) peak in the Nepalese Himalayas.

May 13, 1996 - Eight climbers from three expeditions died descending in ferocious weather from the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet).

Aug 5, 1997 - Seven climbers died in two separate accidents on the 3,850-metre (12,630 foot) Great Zebru, in the Italian Alps.

Aug 7, 2002 - Five students from China's Peking University died after being swept away by an avalanche in Tibet while attempting to scale Mount Shishapangma, the world's 14th highest mountain at 8,012 meters (26,290 feet).

July 22, 2003 - Eight climbers from Europe, Israel and Argentina died at around 5,800 meters (19,000 feet) on Alpamayo in the Peruvian Andes after an ice wall apparently collapsed.