The sister of a man killed on the world’s deadliest mountain has organised an international exhibition of artworks he never got to show.
Marty Schmidt, one of New Zealand’s best mountaineers, and his son Denali, 25, were killed by an avalanche on 8611-metre K2 on the Pakistan-China border in July last year.
Marty, 53, and Denali were aiming to become the first father-and-son team to reach the summit of the mountain.
Delani, who graduated from the California College of the Arts a month before he died, left behind a San Francisco storage unit full ofartworks inspired by mountaineering and climbing.
His sister, Sequoia Di Angelo, 23, has spent the past year organising a campaign to take his paintings and installations around the world.
The works will go to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, New York City, London, Berlin, Sydney and Wellington – all cities with”special significance” in Denali’s life.
A crowdfunding cause set up to raise $330,000 to fund the Peak Inspirations
