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Italian Alpinists blocked on the Nanga Parbat: bad weather conditions impede to the helicopter with rescues to exceed 6,500 m altitude

Islamabad, Pakistan - A new overflight of the Rakhiot is forecast for tomorrow at dawn

Hopes take turns at disappointments in the affair of two Italian Alpinists Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer, that along with Karl Unterkirchen have attempted to climb Rakhiot on the Nanga Parbat, the World's 9th highest mountain. In the climbing Unterkirchen fell into a ravine. Rescue teams supported by Pakistan's Army Friday prepared for an operation to rescue two Italian Alpinist climbers stranded three...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1092529
Rome, Italy, 07/18/2008 18:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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