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Italian climber rescued from K2

Tue, 08/05/2008 - 14:40 - wadmin

SKARDU, Pakistan, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A third climber who survived a deadly ice avalanche on K2, the world's second highest mountain, was rescued Tuesday, a Pakistani official said.

Frostbitten Italian hobbles, aided down K2

Tue, 08/05/2008 - 03:09 - wadmin

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Helped by a rescue party, an Italian climber hobbled on frostbitten feet down K2 on Tuesday morning, after spending four nights on the world's second-highest mountain following a climbing disaster that killed 11 others.

K2 survivors describe avalanche

Tue, 08/05/2008 - 00:32 - wadmin

Survivors of the avalanche on K2, describe scenes of panic as 11 mountaineers die on the world's second-highest mountain.

K2 climb survivors airlifted to hospital

Mon, 08/04/2008 - 19:10 - wadmin

SKARDU, Pakistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Two survivors of a deadly avalanche on K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, were airlifted to a Pakistani hospital Monday, officials said.

Helicopters save two Dutch climbers after K2 tragedy

Mon, 08/04/2008 - 15:40 - wadmin

GILGIT, Pakistan (AFP) - Helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday, but had to halt efforts to save an Italian stranded by an ice fall that killed 11 men on the world's second highest peak.

Rescue operations continue on K2

Mon, 08/04/2008 - 09:00 - wadmin

Helicopters begin airlifting climbers stranded on the world's second-highest mountain, K2, in north Pakistan, reports say.

Report: 11 dead in K2 avalanche

Mon, 08/04/2008 - 07:40 - wadmin

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Eleven climbers died after an avalanche displaced a rope they were using to scale K2, the second-tallest mountain in the world, a Pakistani tour company said.

Airlift for K2 survivors; at least 10 dead, 3 missing

Mon, 08/04/2008 - 06:05 - wadmin

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan army helicopter flew to rescue frost-bitten survivors from the slopes of K2 on Monday, leaving behind at least 10 dead climbers and more missing after an ice fall near the top of the world's second highest mountain.

Seven feared dead in K2 avalanche

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 10:54 - wadmin

At least seven climbers are feared dead in an avalanche on K2, the world's second-highest peak, tour organisers say.