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Survivors Tell of K2 Disaster

Worst mountaineering tragedy since 1986

By Michael Foreman,  Newser User

Posted Aug 28, 2008 2:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – After braving a challenge that trumps Everest—one that claimed the lives of 11 fellow mountaineers—the survivors of this month's K2 disaster tell Andrew Buncombe of the Independent about their harrowing descent. Battling frostbite, Italian guide Marco Confortola watched helplessly as his friends died,...   Read full story »

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