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.
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Frostbitten Italian hobbles, aided down K2
Tue, 08/05/2008 - 03:09 - wadminK2 survivors describe avalanche
Tue, 08/05/2008 - 00:32 - wadminSurvivors 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 - wadminSKARDU, 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 - wadminGILGIT, 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 - wadminHelicopters 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 - wadminISLAMABAD, 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 - wadminSeven feared dead in K2 avalanche
Sun, 08/03/2008 - 10:54 - wadminAt least seven climbers are feared dead in an avalanche on K2, the world's second-highest peak, tour organisers say.