ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military launched a helicopter evacuation of a Canadian and a Finnish mountain climber who were stranded on a peak in the country’s north, according to the Alpine Club of Pakistan. An initial statement from Pakistan’s military listed Bowie as American, but the Alpine Club confirmed he’s originally from Alberta, Canada. A photo released by Pakistan’s military showed the climbers apparently in good spirits, smiling and sitting in a helicopter. ___This story has been updated to correct that one of the climbers is Canadian and lives in the United States. He is not originally from the United States, as Pakistan’s military initially reported.

Source: thestar February 09, 2020 09:26 UTC