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2 injured Russian climbers rescued after 6 days stranded on Pakistan peak

Aug. 21, 2024 05:40 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — After six days stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said Wednesday. The five-member team was attemping to climb one of...

The body of an American climber buried by an avalanche 22 years ago in Peru is found in the ice

Jul. 09, 2024 23:33 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Twenty two years ago, an avalanche buried American climber Bill Stampfl as he made his way up one of the highest peaks in the Andes mountains. His family knew there was little hope of finding him alive, or even of retrieving his corpse from the thick fields of...