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PlusLast Climber Rescued Following K2
DisasterLast Climber Rescued Following K2
DisasterThe Associated PressThe frostbitten
last survivor of the mountaineering disaster
that killed 11 people on the world's
second-highest peak was plucked off K2 on
Wednesday and taken to a military hospital, a
Pakistani army spokesman said. (Aug. 6)A
helicopter carries the last survivor of a
doomed mission to climb one of the world's
most challenging mountains. Italian Marco
Confortola was rescued from K-2, nearly five
days after an avalanche swept some climbers
away and stranded others. (SOT: MAJOR FAROOQ
FEROZ, PAKISTAN ARMY SPOKESMAN) "WELL, TODAY
PAKISTANI ARMY AVIATION PILOTS HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR RESCUE MISSION
AND RESCUED 13 KOREAN MEMBERS AND TWO ITALIAN
CLIMBERS FROM K2 AREA. 11 climbers died on
the world's second-highest peak-the deadliest
incident since seven climbers were killed in
1995. As many as 30 mountaineers began the
ascent last Friday. (SOT: CAS VAN DE GEVEL
(OFF-SCREEN) ON KOREAN AND ITALIAN CLIMBER)
"ON THE WAY DOWN, TWO KOREANS WERE HIT BY
ICE, WITH MARCO (THE ITALIAN) STILL SAFE."
Confortola says the expedition was plagued by
inexperience and poor equipment. He says some
ropes and spikes easily broke. He told a
scientific research group of feeling helpless
when he and others made a futile attempt to
rescue the three Koreans dangling from a
rope. Another survivor blamed mistakes in
preparation for the deaths.(NATS IN DUTCH)He
also says bad luck and bad weather led to
some people not making it down off the
mountain.The 37-year-old Confortola is
suffering from frostbite. He says he spent a
very hard seven days on K-2. ___ ___,
The Associated Press.
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