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rocklee
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: 3 Koreans dead in K2 accident |
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080804/tts-mountain-accident-himalayas-pakistan-dcb01fe.html
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The climbers who died in Friday's avalanche were three South Koreans, two Nepalis, two Pakistanis, a Serbian, an Irishman, a Norwegian and a Frenchman, officials said.
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A Swedish climber who survived said there were too many inexperienced climbers on the mountain, widely acknowledged as much harder to climb than Everest despite being a few hundred metres shorter.
"The accident could have been prevented. These mountains lure out way too inexperienced and naive people," Fredrik Straeng told the Swedish news agency TT, also putting the death toll at 11.
He said a large number of climbers decided to leave their camp at just over 7,000 metres before disaster struck to try to reach the summit after the skies cleared following a long period of poor weather. |
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spliff
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Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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rocklee
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Oh didn't see that, but why is it off topic? |
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