Polish Team Rescues French Climber on Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’

After an exhausting night ascent, a rescue mission found the French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol on the slopes of Pakistan’s treacherous “Killer Mountain,” but a Polish climber who had been with her remained missing, Poland’s winter climbing team said. Revol and her climbing companion, Tomasz Mackiewicz, called for help Friday from about 7,400 meters up Pakistan’s second highest peak, the 8,126 meter (26,660 feet) Nanga Parbat. A team of elite Polish climbers, who had been attempting...

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