11 Climbers Die on Pakistan’s K-2 Mountain
http://pakistanjournal.com/articles/71/1/11-Climbers-Die-on-Pakistans-K-2-Mountain/Page1.html
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A sad soulBy A I
Published on Friday 8th 2008
Dutch mountaineer Cas Van De Gevel shows his infected fingers as he speaks to reporters at a local hotel in Islamabad August 7, 2008. Van De Gevel, was ferried to the hospital at Skardu on Monday along with fellow Dutchman Wilco van Rooijen, the leader of one of the ill-fated teams involved in the worst-ever climbing disaster on K2. Eleven climbers from Europe, South Korea and Pakistan died, mostly as a result of an ice fall during their descent after summitting the 8,611 metre (28,240 foot) peak late on Friday.
Dutch climbers Las Van De Gevel and Wilco Van Rooijen (R) pose at a hotel in Skardu on August 5, 2008, after their rescue from the slopes of K2. A Pakistani helicopter plucked the last known survivor of a climbing disaster from the slopes of K2 on Wednesday, ending a gruelling five-day ordeal on the world's second highest peak.
Dutch climber Wilco Van Rooijen is seen in a bed of a military hospital where is was taken after being rescued from K-2's base camp, in Skardu, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K-2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain.
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Dutch mountaineer Cas Van De Gevel shows his infected fingers as he speaks to reporters at a local hotel in Islamabad August 7, 2008. Van De Gevel, was ferried to the hospital at Skardu on Monday along with fellow Dutchman Wilco van Rooijen, the leader of one of the ill-fated teams involved in the worst-ever climbing disaster on K2. Eleven climbers from Europe, South Korea and Pakistan died, mostly as a result of an ice fall during their descent after summitting the 8,611 metre (28,240 foot) peak late on Friday.
Dutch climbers Las Van De Gevel and Wilco Van Rooijen (R) pose at a hotel in Skardu on August 5, 2008, after their rescue from the slopes of K2. A Pakistani helicopter plucked the last known survivor of a climbing disaster from the slopes of K2 on Wednesday, ending a gruelling five-day ordeal on the world's second highest peak.
Dutch climber Wilco Van Rooijen is seen in a bed of a military hospital where is was taken after being rescued from K-2's base camp, in Skardu, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K-2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain.
Dutch mountaineer Cas Van De Gevel shows his infected fingers as he speaks to reporters at a local hotel in Islamabad August 7, 2008. Van De Gevel, was ferried to the hospital at Skardu on Monday along with fellow Dutchman Wilco van Rooijen, the leader of one of the ill-fated teams involved in the worst-ever climbing disaster on K2. Eleven climbers from Europe, South Korea and Pakistan died, mostly as a result of an ice fall during their descent after summitting the 8,611 metre (28,240 foot) peak late on Friday.
Dutch climbers Las Van De Gevel and Wilco Van Rooijen (R) pose at a hotel in Skardu on August 5, 2008, after their rescue from the slopes of K2. A Pakistani helicopter plucked the last known survivor of a climbing disaster from the slopes of K2 on Wednesday, ending a gruelling five-day ordeal on the world's second highest peak.
Dutch climber Wilco Van Rooijen is seen in a bed of a military hospital where is was taken after being rescued from K-2's base camp, in Skardu, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K-2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain.
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Dutch mountaineer Cas Van De Gevel shows his infected fingers as he speaks to reporters at a local hotel in Islamabad August 7, 2008. Van De Gevel, was ferried to the hospital at Skardu on Monday along with fellow Dutchman Wilco van Rooijen, the leader of one of the ill-fated teams involved in the worst-ever climbing disaster on K2. Eleven climbers from Europe, South Korea and Pakistan died, mostly as a result of an ice fall during their descent after summitting the 8,611 metre (28,240 foot) peak late on Friday.
Dutch climbers Las Van De Gevel and Wilco Van Rooijen (R) pose at a hotel in Skardu on August 5, 2008, after their rescue from the slopes of K2. A Pakistani helicopter plucked the last known survivor of a climbing disaster from the slopes of K2 on Wednesday, ending a gruelling five-day ordeal on the world's second highest peak.
Dutch climber Wilco Van Rooijen is seen in a bed of a military hospital where is was taken after being rescued from K-2's base camp, in Skardu, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K-2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain.