At Least 11 Climbers Dead on K2; More Might be Trapped
At least 11 people died when an ice pillar broke loose and ripped several fixed ropes along the mountainside. The initial accident killed part of a South Korean climbing team and may have left even more people stranded above the break in the lines and unable to descend. The accident happened at 27,000ft making helicopter rescue extremely difficult.
One hope for the climbers stuck above Bottleneck would be for them to try to climb down on the Chinese side, Reinhold Messner, a renowned climber, told the BBC. He described their situation as “very critical.”
via New York Times
By- rockythompson
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Bad news on K2.
Very bad news from K2. After looking around it looks like there is one main story but the number dead and missing changes story to story. The New York Times has and article. Link. There is also updates coming from an Irish climber at the K2 bas…