Officials say Polish climbers rescued a French mountaineer on Jan. 28 from the treacherous slopes of Pakistan's "Killer Mountain," but they were unable to save her climbing companion. Revol and her partner, Tomasz “Tomek” Mackiewicz, a Polish climber, were more than 24,000 feet up Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth-highest mountain, on Thursday. Nanga Parbat has been killing European climbers since the West discovered it in the late 19th century. The ailments, common to mountain climbers, hindered his ability to move and made him more susceptible to potentially fatal altitude sickness. We are crying.”The rescuers descended the mountain with Revol and the group was helicoptered to safety, according to the Associated Press.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2018 19:41 UTC