CHAMONIX, France — A French mountain climber who was rescued from a Himalayan peak in Pakistan said Wednesday she remains angry that help didn’t arrive faster to possibly rescue her climbing partner, who is now presumed dead. Elisabeth Revol spoke to reporters after leaving a hospital in the French Alps where she was treated for severe frostbite and other ailments. She expressed frustration about delays in getting help to her Polish climbing partner, Tomasz “Tomek” Mackiewicz. “It’s a race against the clock when you set off a rescue,” Revol told reporters in the Alpine resort of Chamonix. No problem.”‘Revol was brought down from Nanga Parbat by Polish climbers on a separate expedition to scale the Himalayan peak K2.

Source: National Post February 07, 2018 22:36 UTC