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Article: Pakistani rescuers spot 2 Italian climbers on Nanga Parbat; third climber feared dead
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- July 19, 2008
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Pakistani rescuers in a helicopter spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks, where a third Italian climber is believed to have died this week, a tour operator said.
Rashid Ahmad, a spokesman for the tour company that helped organize the expedition, said the two climbers had been stranded on Nanga Parbat mountain in northern Pakistan since July 16, when their colleague, Karl Unterkircher, plunged into a crevasse.
He said the climbers, Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones, were alive and rescuers in an army helicopter Saturday dropped food and radio sets for them at an altitude of about 19,700 feet (6,000 meters).
"The weather was better ...