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Qatari Royal Named Pakistan's Tourism Ambassador After Conquering "Killer Mountain"
Qatari royal and elite mountaineer Sheikha Asma Al Thani has scripted history by becoming the first woman from her nation to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest and most challenging peaks in the world.
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Czech Mountaineer Dies On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Nanga Parbat
A Czech mountaineer fell to her death on the world's ninth-highest peak, Pakistan officials said Friday, becoming the first casualty of the summer...
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Amid Killer Heat Wave In India, Big Warning About Melting Ice In Himalayas
Rapidly melting glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region home to the world's highest mountains are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study.
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Polish Climber "Presumed Dead" On 'Killer Mountain'
A Polish climber was presumed dead after rescuers called off efforts to recover him from Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, a Pakistani official said today.
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Rescuers Save French Climber Trapped On "Killer Mountain" Nanga Parbat
An elite group of climbers have saved a French mountaineer in a daring high-altitude rescue mission on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, as officials called off the search for a second missing alpinist on Sunday
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Search Underway For Climbers On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Pakistan launched a search Saturday for two mountain climbers who went missing while attempting to climb the country's second-highest peak Nanga Parbat, nicknamed "Killer Mountain" for its treacherous terrain.
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Climbers Stuck On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Won't Get Help For 24 Hours
Efforts to rescue a Polish man and a French woman stuck on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known to mountaineers as "Killer Mountain" are set to begin on Saturday, officials said.
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Pakistan Says Climbers Missing On 'Killer Mountain' Presumed Dead
Two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" are now presumed dead and the rescue operation has been called off, officials said Saturday.The two climbers, Alberto Zerain, a Spanish alpinist, and Mariano Galvan, an Argentinian national, went missing while attempting to summit the 8,125 meter peak, Nanga ...
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Scores Injured As Powerful Earthquake Jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan late Friday, leaving dozens of people injured just two months after a killer quake struck the same mountainous region.
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The Irresistible Lure of Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Gunmen shot dead 10 foreign tourists at its base camp last year, but for serious mountaineers, the allure of Pakistan's "killer mountain" remains irresistible.
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Los Angeles ex-cop killed in manhunt, body identified
Human remains found in a burnt-out mountain cabin in California have been confirmed as those of alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner, the local sheriff and coroner's office said on Thursday.
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'We heard a roar... then it hit': Avalanche survivors
Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres down the slopes of "Killer Mountain".
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Qatari Royal Named Pakistan's Tourism Ambassador After Conquering "Killer Mountain"
Qatari royal and elite mountaineer Sheikha Asma Al Thani has scripted history by becoming the first woman from her nation to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest and most challenging peaks in the world.
-
Czech Mountaineer Dies On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Nanga Parbat
A Czech mountaineer fell to her death on the world's ninth-highest peak, Pakistan officials said Friday, becoming the first casualty of the summer...
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Amid Killer Heat Wave In India, Big Warning About Melting Ice In Himalayas
Rapidly melting glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region home to the world's highest mountains are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study.
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Polish Climber "Presumed Dead" On 'Killer Mountain'
A Polish climber was presumed dead after rescuers called off efforts to recover him from Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, a Pakistani official said today.
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Rescuers Save French Climber Trapped On "Killer Mountain" Nanga Parbat
An elite group of climbers have saved a French mountaineer in a daring high-altitude rescue mission on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's Nanga Parbat, one of the highest mountains in the world, as officials called off the search for a second missing alpinist on Sunday
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Search Underway For Climbers On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Pakistan launched a search Saturday for two mountain climbers who went missing while attempting to climb the country's second-highest peak Nanga Parbat, nicknamed "Killer Mountain" for its treacherous terrain.
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Climbers Stuck On Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain' Won't Get Help For 24 Hours
Efforts to rescue a Polish man and a French woman stuck on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known to mountaineers as "Killer Mountain" are set to begin on Saturday, officials said.
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Pakistan Says Climbers Missing On 'Killer Mountain' Presumed Dead
Two climbers missing on a treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known as "Killer Mountain" are now presumed dead and the rescue operation has been called off, officials said Saturday.The two climbers, Alberto Zerain, a Spanish alpinist, and Mariano Galvan, an Argentinian national, went missing while attempting to summit the 8,125 meter peak, Nanga ...
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Scores Injured As Powerful Earthquake Jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan late Friday, leaving dozens of people injured just two months after a killer quake struck the same mountainous region.
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The Irresistible Lure of Pakistan's 'Killer Mountain'
Gunmen shot dead 10 foreign tourists at its base camp last year, but for serious mountaineers, the allure of Pakistan's "killer mountain" remains irresistible.
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Los Angeles ex-cop killed in manhunt, body identified
Human remains found in a burnt-out mountain cabin in California have been confirmed as those of alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner, the local sheriff and coroner's office said on Thursday.
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'We heard a roar... then it hit': Avalanche survivors
Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres down the slopes of "Killer Mountain".
