A German expedition led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wien" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Karl Wien">Karl Wien</a> loses sixteen members in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Avalanche">avalanche</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanga_Parbat" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanga Parbat">Nanga Parbat</a>. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-thousander" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eight-thousander">8000m peak</a>.