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Authorities: Little chance Ore. climbers are alive
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - Two climbers missing on Mount Hood for the past five days are likely dead and a search will not resume anytime soon because of severe avalanche danger, officials said Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-12-15
Aircraft fails to find missing Mt. Hood climbers
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - Rescuers on Mount Hood who have recovered the body of one climber say "time is critical" in the hunt for his two companions, after two days of foul weather and avalanche risks hampered the search on the slopes of Oregon's tallest peak.
Source:(AP)
2009-12-14
Ten climbers missing after avalanche in French Alps
ANNECY, France (AFP) - Helicopters, dozens of rescuers and dogs hunted Sunday for 10 climbers -- among them five Austrians and three Swiss -- missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in the French Alps, police said.
Nations:France Italy Source:(AFP)
2008-08-24
In K2 aftermath, lessons learned
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The search for survivors on the world's second-tallest peak ended Tuesday, when the severely frostbitten Italian climber Marco Confortola made it to safety after 11 lives were lost in one of the most tragic accidents of modern mountaineering.
Nations:Pakistan Italy Netherlands Turkey Germany Norway Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-08-06
Helicopters save two Dutch climbers after K2 tragedy
GILGIT, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani army helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after a catastrophic avalanche on the world's second highest peak killed 11 mountaineers, officials said.
Nations:Italy Pakistan Norway Sweden Netherlands Source:(AFP)
2008-08-04
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