Helicopter pilots are waiting for thick clouds to clear so they could rescue an Italian mountaineer who is stranded on K-2 in the Himalayas after surviving an ice fall and exposure that left 11 other climbers presumed dead.
The climber, who reached the summit of the world's second-highest mountain on Friday before the avalanche struck, is suffering frostbite but has climbed down on foot to relative safety. A Pakistan army spokesman said two choppers were waiting Tuesday morning to launch the rescue. K2 is one of the most dangerous summits Argentines 'forging Italian passports' ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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