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One of the world's top mountaineers dies in 'Killer Mountain' crevasse Italian mountaineers Walter Nones, left, and Simon Kehrer arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday after they were plucked to safety the day before from the world's ninth- highest peak, also known as "Killer Mountain," where fellow climber Karl Unterkircher fell to his death. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Karl Unterkircher, one of the world's top mountaineers, died when a bridge of snow masking a crevasse on Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" gave way under his tentative step, his surviving colleagues said Friday. Unterkircher, a 37-year-old Italian, was picking his way up a daunting, uncharted route on the 26,810-foot Nanga Parbat on July 16 when the accident occurred. Pakistani military helicopters this week staged a high-risk rescue operation for his two stranded... [read full story]
